Newsletter: Aug. 28

TWO FORMER ITALIAN SOCCER STARS ARE OPENING A HOTEL HERE
Paolo Maldini and Christian Vieri appear to have taken over what had been the two-hotels-in-one-building project be building a hotel at Hudson and Canal. Allow me to introduce you to the Hudson Square Hotel….

MORE DEMOLITION IN NORTHWEST TRIBECA
You’ll be missed, 31 Desbrosses. Plus: Why the new building will likely be rentals.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/25: Lunch at Navy. Plus: E.T. and Back to the Future at Washington Market Park; new exhibit at Patrick Parrish; Barre Tribeca has opened; White Street storefront renovation; preliminary Baked hours.
••• 8/26: Nine-story building on Church where there’s currently a five-story one. Plus: Free community night at the 9/11 Museum; steak recommendations; camera obscura; Juice Press goes gray; fitness day passes; crime category.
••• 8/27: Sushi Dojo’s Tribeca outpost is not a done deal. Plus: Correction on the post about the Italian soccer stars’ hotel; demolition underway on Washington; Laughing Man barista’s novel; more.

BRICK HAS CLOSED
A new restaurant is opening in the space.

ANOTHER NEW NAIL SALON
How many times have I done this post?

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/25: Another Battery Park City rental building is likely to go condo. Plus: The name of Carmellini’s upcoming Smyth restaurant; another Bâtard review; what was lost when 2 Broadway was torn down; another Brooklyn Bridge trespasser.
••• 8/26: Lower Manhattan is growing older. (But you look great, really.) Plus: The courtyard at 443 Greenwich; the value of an interior wall; model arrested for allegedly stealing fish oil and chocolate from Whole Foods; kennel cough outbreak.
••• 8/27: Bâtard gets three stars. Plus: Denny’s opens Friday; Property will have vintage clothing; wallets stolen at Pier 25; Raccoon Lodge patron goes aggro, bites police officer.

VALENTINE NO. 39
Nice obliques.

SCENES FROM DÎNER EN BLANC
About 5,000 people dressed in white descended on Rockefeller Park for dinner accompanied by opera. Below: Photo by Yogissimo.

 

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