[5] Its monthly print edition is available in stores, banks, restaurants, residential buildings and distribution boxes in Lower Manhattan; an online version is updated throughout the month[6] Carl Glassman, a photojournalist and writer, had long harbored a fantasy to take over a small-town newspaper.
[7] In September 1994, he and his wife April Koral, a freelance writer, founded the Tribeca Trib.
In the beginning, Glassman served as sole reporter, photographer and layout person while Koral sold ads and oversaw production.
[7] The paper’s circulation grew from 7,000 to 15,000 and expanded its coverage to include much of Lower Manhattan below Canal Street, including the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the South Street Seaport and Civic Center areas.
The New York Times called it "the newspaper that has long helped make a community out of the neighborhood.