THE ORIGINALS OF INDEPENDENCE PLAZA NORTH
Susan Rosenberg Jones has been photographing the first tenants to move into Independence Plaza North—wonderful portraits of people in environments they’ve created over the decades, the images also capture what the city is losing as it changes.

NIKE’S TEMPORARY TENNIS COURT
The temporary tennis court at Canal and Varick is a Nike promotion to introduce its Nike Court clothing line—timed to the U.S. Open, but likely with nothing else to do with the tournament.

MORE ON THE MCNALLY AND COLICCHIO RESTAURANTS AT THE BEEKMAN HOTEL
We no longer need to consider them rumors. Plus: Where each will be and who’s designing the hotel.

KUTSHER’S HAS GONE “ON VACATION”
There are said to be renovations. Could it be closing? Or could another plan be in the works?

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/18: Añejo opens on Saturday. Plus: FreshDirect chaining carts to trees; Franklin Place getting windows; “Puerto Ricans in Paris”; Church Street storefront renovations; street art signage; Summer Streets zipline.
••• 8/19: Camera obscura on Chambers. Plus: Corner Gourmet’s upgrade; Fulton Center logo; Zara on Broadway; World Trade Center Transportation Hub in profile; Maxwell’s awning; Nicky’s changes its name; 19 Park Place sales office; Ryan McGinniss art signage.
••• 8/20: New non-profit on Laight. Plus: How 30 Park Place will tower over its neighbors; aerial view of new WTC park; Dine Around Downtown event; the expanded Murray’s Cheese Shop; Broadway demolition to start next year; Peter Hujar’s photo of Independence Plaza North.

VALENTINE NO. 38
Cat hat.

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/18: Sewage overflow at Pier 25. Plus: The fight goes on for 67 Vestry residents; the Room bar in Soho has closed; Trinity Church’s popular restrooms.
••• 8/19: Another new FiDi gym. Plus: World Trade Center PATH station’s grand staircase; WTC retail floor plan; Trinity Church’s kids’ choir is holding auditions; knife assault in the Seaport; Battery Park City Authority resumes donations.
••• 8/20: Italian day spa on Governors Island. Plus: Laight Street loft listed at twice what it sold for in 2011; Franklin Place has topped out; Toynbee street art tiles.

MIGHT THIS BUILDING BE SPARED?
I went to northwest Tribeca seeking clarity on two big developments on one block. I left allowing myself to hope that a two-story brick building with historic character will be saved from the wrecking ball.