MAISON KAYSER HAS TAKEN THE HARRISON SPACE
The boulangerie and restaurant is about as French as can be, with onion soup, croque monsieur, duck rillettes, quiche Lorraine, and so on. The menu will likely be something like this.

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CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Discussed at this month’s meeting: The controversial seasonal café outside Laughing Man (above); American Flatbread’s even more controversial plan to become a catering facility; 4 a.m. closing for Haus nightclub; ACE’s efforts for the homeless. The write-up even includes elephants.

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THE RECOLLECTIONS OF JANE FREEMAN (PART 2)
More marvelously evocative writings about life in the neighborhood over the years from artist Jane Freeman, who has lived in Tribeca since 1976.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/12: Another physical therapy office opening here. Plus: Rumor about the Harrison space; Le District party; Broadway hotel appears to be back on; city mulling zoning changes that would raise height restrictions; R & Company show.
••• 3/13: The Odeon to start serving breakfast. Plus: North End Grill said to be creating an alfresco bar; Marshall Crenshaw and World Party concerts; Little Park’s private room; Shelter Chic pop-up shop; Global Beat Festival at Brookfield Place.
••• 3/14: Brookfield Place opening date. Plus: Two possible names for Keith McNally’s restaurant; White Street’s “secret lounge”; Church Street in 1862; demolition devastation; 15 Renwick’s funky roofline; plant pop-up; souvenir store survives, sort of.
••• 3/15: Northern Toger opens this week. (Here’s the menu.) Plus: Dunkin Donuts has reopened; the ground floor of 11 Beach; half marathon this morning; 52 Lispenard praise; Walker Street building mystery.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 3/12: Chase Manhattan Plaza revamp (above). Plus: Rich young man; bike-gang cop rejects plea; extended-stay hotels in FiDi to get “trendy” restaurants; Battery Park City ball fields; Terroir’s Murray Hill outpost is closing; Santiago Calatrava.
••• 3/13: Gourmet Garage now “late summer.” Plus: 30 Park Place penthouse floor plan; Broadway clocktower building to have a restaurant; the mysterious White Street building; the Lululemon resale market is bananas; a Tribeca beauty executive’s closet.
••• 3/14: Pot-smoking construction workers. Plus: Director Kathryn Bigelow buys in Tribeca; how restaurant executive Josh Lebowitz spends his Sundays; curved-glass expert.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Andrea for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to learn the answer.)

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NEW YORK CITY HISTORY FOR SALE
Before leaving Tribeca, Urban Archaeology is auctioning a lot of its salvaged inventory. Here are a dozen highlights, all of which have a New York City provenance—and some of which are from very close to home. Above: A directory from the Woolworth Building.

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