Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. New York Walking Tour, Traipsing Tribeca, Places of a Lifetime, Travel, Photography. The name stands for the TRIangle BElow CAnal. In the 1970s and '80s, artists yearning for space to sculpt, paint, and dance colonized the warehouses; Tribeca took shape in this cauldron of creativity. The confluence of imagination, spirit, space, and, most recently, disposable income has produced a neighborhood rich in upscale restaurants, shops, and galleries. The lofts have morphed into multimillion-dollar homes, making the local zip code, 10013, the city's most affluent.