Newsletter: Oct. 23

MORE FENCING IS DOWN AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
“One World Trade Center sidewalks are open to the public for the first time in 14 years,” tweeted @WTCProgress. Not quite sure what the scope of this change was, I headed over….

ANOTHER DELI IS CLOSING
And a real-estate development on Broadway looks to be even bigger—and taller—than previously indicated. (But the deli is looking to reopen eslewhere, so cross your fingers.)

IN THE NEWS
••• 10/20: More Woolworth condo renderings. Plus: Eataly tests signage at 4 World Trade Center; St. Nicholas Church adds “National Shrine” to its name; Halloween pop-ups.
••• 10/21: The buyer pool for three-bedrooms. Plus: More on those hotels at Canal and Hudson; Garance Doré shoot; office buildings with gyms for tenants only.
••• 10/22: Anthropologie close to signing on Broadway. Plus: H&M and Forever 21 are considering the World Trade Center mall; Cuomo pal vying for North Cove Marina; Citi Bike used as post-robbery getaway vehicle; canned-food drive.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/20: 19 Park Place is nearly topped out. Plus: Yogurt store closed for remodeling; W. Broadway renovation revealed; bright façades on Murray and Chambers; Racines NY is posting a menu.
••• 10/21: First look inside Bar Cyrk, which is about to open on Thomas. Plus: SoulCycle Tribeca update; comparing the Smyth to its rendering; new UFC Gym; 15 Renwick progress; inside La Colombe on Vandam; ugly green bike lanes; North End Grill prawns.
••• 10/22: Halloween candy buyback. Plus: Return of the Winter Garden light show; Tribeca pioneer Joseph Bilger’s paintings of 1WTC; new newsstand tenant; “Sheila the Great”; Spring Street Salt Shed progress; Hudson Street pizzeria; 1WTC surprise.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: DUTCH PETALS
Spilling prettily out on to the sidewalk, the new flower shop Dutch Petals—an outpost of a Hamptons chain—sells bouquets both mixed and uniform, as well as a handful of succulents. Step inside….

MORE ARTISTS’ LOFTS ARE BEING CONVERTED TO LUXURY CONDOS
The buildings in question are on Greenwich and Hubert. Thanks to the hard work of developers, the rich will never go homeless!

REMEMBERING THE WETLANDS, ONE NIGHT AT A TIME
An entertaining new book celebrates the much-loved music club and activist hangout by collecting nine years’ of Wetlands performance calendars and other memorabilia. Take a look at sample pages (and, if this was your rock-and-roll era, be prepared for nostalgia overload).

 

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