Newsletter: June 22

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: BAXTER & LIEBCHEN
The specialists in midcentury Scandinavian design have traded DUMBO for Tribeca. “Our pieces really work in this kind of setting,” says founder Andrew Kevelson. “The rich wood is highlighted in contrast to the industrial.” Take a look around.

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KITCHENETTE APPEARS TO BE CLOSING
The longtime Tribeca restaurant will be out by the end of June, says one tipster.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/18: About the Sterling Mason’s windows…. Plus: Photos from the 1970s of W. Broadway and the Battery Park City dunes (including the one above by Fred P. Conrad for the New York Times); Yankee Lady flyovers on Friday and Saturday; Taybeca T-shirts.
••• 6/19: Restroom start-up. Plus: Renovation of a local Starbucks; final days at Art et Maison (and who’s taking the space); more on the Battery Park City dune photo; Best Made Co. catalog; music-making opportunity; special CB1 meeting.

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A SUMMER SPECIAL AT CHAMBERS STREET WINES
“The best wine shop in America,” as Slate called Chambers Street Wines, has a fantastic offer for folks in the neighborhood: a six-pack of specially selected organic/biodynamic wines from around the world for just $85. Buy it for yourself or as the perfect houseguest gift. Stop by 148 Chambers, call 212-227-1434, or shop online at chambersstwines.com (look for “Tribeca 6-Pack – Summer” under Sampler Cases.). Delivery south of Canal Street is free. Sponsored.

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111 MURRAY: AMENITIES AND RENDERINGS
Sales have launched for the 58-story tower, and the amenities are something else: private spa with hammam, 75-foot pool, 3,000-square-foot gym, professional demonstration kitchen, a patisserie with daily offerings…. Check out the renderings.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“When are the buses that were ‘temporarily’ re-routed from Chambers to Warren during the interminable reconstruction project scheduled to return to Chambers? Or have they gotten so used to Warren that they will never go away?” —J. The answer.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 6/18: Harry Styles and Alexander Wang. Plus: Solstice at the Fulton Center (above); playing the cast-iron buildings of Greene Street like drums; sailing at North Cove Marina; Bridge Café construction.
••• 6/19: Another non-local to lead Battery Park City. Plus: Lispenard loft sale analysis; South Street Seaport update; Metropolitan College of New York moving to FiDi; mourning UPS driver Mike Rogalle; Rector Street conversion.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Catharina for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to discover the answer for yourself.) We’ll play again Friday morning.

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PHOTO SAFARI!
A.k.a. random pictures with snarky captions. Above: Like you’d park your Ferrari Berlinetta on the street.

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