LOFT PEEPING: GERKEN BUILDING PENTHOUSE
The 6,000-square-foot duplex includes a courtyard cut into the top floor. “During the big storm this winter, we had our very own full-scale snow globe,” one of the owners told Design Hunting. Take a look around.

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HAPPY PASSOVER! JOIN US THIS FRIDAY FOR SEDER!
Tamid hosts the 3rd Annual Downtown Community Seder led by Rabbi Darren Levine at the 9/11 chapel in Lower Manhattan. This family friendly seder welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the joy of music, great food and wine, and community. $50/adult and $25/child. For more information visit tamidnyc.org. Sponsored by Tamid.

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PANTIES IN A SERIOUS TWIST
The Kiki de Montparnasse lingerie store has closed after two-and-a-half months. Is the entire brand kaput?

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WORLD TRADE CENTER UPDATES
Things are really heating up in the World Trade Center, with updates aplenty: Eataly will open in July; there’s an opening date for the first Oculus store; some outdoor spaces will be for arts programming; all of the shops expected to be open seven days. Plus, there’s even more news about the performing arts center and subway connections. Read all about it.

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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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CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Highlights from last week’s meeting: The start date for the five-year Worth Street reconstruction; whether to give 70 Vestry $30 million worth of parking spaces (the traffic flow is above; the building’s main entrance is off the circle); Two Hands sidewalk tables; Five Boro Bike Tour street closures; several event permits; Wichcraft and Chipotle liquor licenses; an update on the Flea.

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BUDDHA BAR GETS THE BOOT
Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee voted unanimously to reject Buddha’s Bar liquor-license application for Thomas Street. What seems like a victory for the neighboring residents, however, could turn out to be pyrrhic.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/14: Beach Street pizzeria revealed. Plus: When did Bubby’s stop being open 24 hours?; 11 N. Moore upgraded its garage doors; Bloomberg’s Tribeca Film Festival trailer includes closed businesses; more World Trade Center updates; pizza box gets ahead of itself.
••• 4/15: The Austrian bakery is still on. Plus: Todd Merrill store on Lafayette has sort-opened; the former Ivy’s Bistro space has gone under the plywood; sculpture show at Patrick Parrish; Ooh! Shoes is closing.
••• 4/16: Grand Banks opened early (above). Plus: The dreaded Broadway bus bulb is getting rebuilt; more looks at the 70 Vestry model; 7 World Trade Center plaza got its replacement trees; Five Boro Bike Tour street closures; the droning outside Tribeca Tower still hasn’t been fixed.

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BARTENDER ACCUSES REMIX OF HOSTING SEX PARTIES
“Her first sex shock came during what she thought was a pajama party,” according to the New York Post.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to James for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? Click the link to discover the answer.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 4/14: Sales troubles at the Woolworth Building condos. Plus: City employee arrested for dealing drugs at the Municipal Building; Q&A with Silver seat contender Yuh-Line Niou; short fiction about a guy who mugs a Tribecan for kicks.
••• 4/15: Sheldon Silver was shtupping a lobbyist. Plus: The Battery Park City Authority spends a lot of money with no competitive bidding; a Hawaiian canoe is visiting the area in June.

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