Seen & Heard: Peck Slip School Construction

••• Lani’s Farm at the Saturday Tribeca Greenmarket had a vegetable I had never heard of: celtuce, a cross between celery and lettuce. Naturally, I tweeted it, and @realbutcherbill said he had it at Blue Hill at Stone Farms, that it’s tasty, and the waiter pronounced it sell-toose. Always learning!

••• From Torly Kid: “Have loads of extra Halloween candy? Drop off your unopened candy in-store now through Nov. 15 and get 15% off. All donations will go to Operation Shoebox, a service that sends treats to the troops overseas.”

••• The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center’s next Tribeca Meet & Greet is Thursday, Nov. 14, at Manhattan Books (150 Chambers) from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.: “Everybody’s welcome and this is a free event. Come with ideas or just come to shake hands—let us know how we can work together as businesses, families or individuals.”

••• Election Day is Tuesday, I’ve taken the trouble of researching the various New York State ballot proposals—by which I mean the New York Times’s recommendation on the proposals—and here’s how the Times and I are voting: No on proposal 1 (to authorize casino gambling), and Yes on all the others.

••• From the LMCCC: “The former U.S. Post Office building at 1 Peck Slip will soon serve its community in a different way when it reopens as the Peck Slip School, or P.S. 343, two years from now. Conversion construction at the four-story building began this month, with crews demolishing interiors and erecting two new stories — increasing the total square footage to nearly 73,000. The School Construction Authority is leading the project, which will add 712 kindergarten-through-fifth grade seats to the growing Lower Manhattan residential community.” Below: A rendering (from an oddly far distance?).

 

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