Newsletter: Apr. 11

SPOTLIGHT: NEW YORK NAUTICAL
“People are always a bit surprised when they find out I’m not a sailor,” says Smitty, the longtime sales manager of New York Nautical. “I’ll get on a cruise ship, but a small boat? You can keep that.” Read the Q&A (with photos by Claudine Williams).

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YORK PREP SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
Looking for a nurturing yet challenging Middle/High School experience for your child? Join York Prep School for an Open House event on Tuesday, April 19, from 9:10 – 10:30 a.m at 40 W. 68th St. (between Columbus and CPW):
• Tour our historic Upper West Side facility
• Meet our staff
• Hear about our approach to learning
• Find out about our admissions process
We look forward to meeting you! RSVP. Sponsored.

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Duane Park Patisserie ring dingsSEEN & HEARD
••• 4/7: Preschool closing. Plus: Residents agitated over the loss of views as a result of 396 Broadway construction; 50 Murray rent-stabilization fight; Warren Street building for sale (instead of getting developed with its neighbor); Jane Freeman art exhibit.
••• 4/8: City Hall Park’s next art exhibit involves personal encounters and a murmuration. Plus: Cowboy Junkies in concert; artist loft for sale; Battery Park City Authority public meeting; OpenTable’s questionable neighborhood descriptions.
••• 4/9: Ring Dings galore (above). Plus: 1 World Trade Center carpet; FedEx Office store is moving; “Law & Order: SVU” is back yet again; work by Japanese emerging artists.

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8-10-White copyIN THE NEWS
••• 4/7: Details on W. Broadway’s big new building. Plus: Man bitten during Tribeca nightclub brawl; the history of a White Street building (above); custom jewelry at Foundrae; more renderings of proposed megamansion on Franklin; Sing for Hope’s public pianos got painted; concern about the FiDi arcade deal.

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NOW HERE’S A BRIGHT IDEA
Why should you retrofit your building with LEDs? First, the savings is huge. Your lighting bill will decrease by 40-80%, and because LEDs last 5-10 times longer than traditional lights, replacement costs plummet. Second, they look better, turn on instantly, generate very little heat, and are silent. Third, among energy-savings measures, LEDs yield the largest carbon footprint reduction per dollar spent. Atlantic LED Solutions, co-owned by a 20-year Tribeca resident, can walk you through the retrofit process, including a proposal showing what it will cost, available rebates, and how long—likely between one and two years—before you recoup the investment. For more information: 917-449-0714 or info@atlanticledsolutions.com. Sponsored.

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OPEN LETTER: THE FIDI ARCADE PLAN WARRANTS A CLOSER LOOK
There’s a push to give the publicly accessible arcades along Water Street back to the buildings’ owners in exchange for improvements to nearby plazas. After I first posted about it, the Downtown Alliance responded with a defense—to which Community Advocates for Public Space has now sent a rebuttal.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Jim Smithers for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again Friday morning.

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PHOTO SAFARI!
A.k.a. random pictures with snarky captions. Above: Calatrava’s revenge?

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