NEW BUILDING REPORT CARD: 456 WASHINGTON
Is the big new building in northwest Tribeca better than what preceded it? Does it resemble the rendering at all? Does it add to the neighborhood or detract from it? Let’s review it.

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THE TWO HANDS DINNER MENU
Dinner at Two Hands launched last night. I wouldn’t normally devote an entire post to a new restaurant’s dinner menu, but Two Hands is proving to be such a success that clearly the menu will be of tremendous interest.

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: JACK’S STIR BREW COFFEE
After a false start or two, the outpost of Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee in the Roxy Hotel has opened. Well, soft-opened, but it has coffee and baked goods and lots of outdoor seating—what more do you want?

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/18: How to report an overly loud ice cream truck. Plus: Wichcraft’s new branding revealed; fireworks off Battery Park; activity in former Bond real estate office; Hudson Yards tower visible in the distance; Blue in Green expansion; Walker Street retail space; “Law & Order: SVU” yet again.
••• 4/19: A second Gotan. Plus: Exhibit of work by longtime Tribeca artist Tom Shannon; Jay Street retail space for rent; Starbucks opens another branch on the same block; Hudson building being converted to condos; Classic Car Club’s interesting new location.
••• 4/20: Franklin Street flea market. Plus: Zadig & Voltaire sample sale; Tribeca’s Kitchen has reopened; Beach sign restoration (above); actual work happening at City Vineyard; 56 Leonard’s final windows; huge Tribeca Film Fest street fair is this Saturday; no Drive-In screenings this year.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 4/18: Park Row tower confirmed. Plus: Prices slashed at Battery Park City community center; Tribeca dog on TV; Vietnam Memorial restoration; how to make Khe-Yo’s Bang Bang Sauce.
••• 4/19: The rise of the meat and three. Plus: Q&A with artist Alexis Rockman (above); the conversion of the former New York Stock Exchange office building to rentals; chef Daniel Rose.
••• 4/20: Wylie Dufresne’s FiDi restaurant isn’t happening. Plus: The antagonistic ice cream truck; Hubert Street maisonette gets a $20 million price-chop; Blackstones salon opens tomorrow; Sheldon Silver crony wins special election; Hudson Square building to get 10,000-square-foot rooftop event space.

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NEW MEDICAL OFFICE IN A PROMINENT SPOT
One Medical Group is opening a Tribeca office; this will make nine New York City locations.

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A GALLERY IS OPENING ON N. MOORE
SAPAR Contemporary “aspires to bring together visual artists and creative minds of all disciplines: scientists, engineers, architects, performers, musicians and perfumers.”

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