NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: GRAFFITI EARTH
“I want to work with anyone who is doing good,” says chef Jehangir Mehta of Graffiti Earth, his restaurant opening tonight in the Duane Street Hotel. “Good is a relative term, of course, but this is how I see it.” Photos and menu, right this way….

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FANCY NEW “NAIL SPA” CONFIRMED
As you read here a year ago, the city’s fourth Jin Soon nail salon will indeed be on Walker Street.

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MISS RACHEL IS MOVING ON UP
It’s always a delight to hear that a family-owned business—in this case, Dance with Miss Rachel—has found a new home around here.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/19: By Chloe in Tribeca, too? Plus: Favor request for the new residents of 56 Leonard; Sixth Avenue restaurant appears not to be Empire Diner; Tribeca Meet & Greet is Tuesday; action at a former smoke shop; Marseilles dinner.
••• 5/20: Schnippers signage. Plus: Bar Works is taking all of 70 White (and its bar will be open to the public); milk strikes at Kung Fu Tea; something opening in the former Mekong space; new sandwich and ice cream shop in Hudson Square.
••• 5/21: New spa rumored. Plus: The Post-it war on Canal is worth checking out; peeking inside the lobby of 443 Greenwich; produce finally back at the City Hall Greenmarket; an ethical dilemma about disclosing who owns the mansion planned for Hubert Street.
••• 5/22: Preview the new Brooklyn Fare market. Plus: The Worth Street reconstruction project has officially begun; dinner for two at tiny art gallery; Western Spirit moved across the street; concern about the W. Broadway jazz pop-up.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to the irrepressible Jim Smithers for correctly identifying the site of last week’s Where in Tribeca…? Click the link to discover it for yourself.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 5/19: Original architect objects to the Water Street arcade plan. Plus: New design for the Hubert Street mansion; North Cove Marina tenants unhappy with new management; Park Place tower funding, details; illegal ticket vendors arrested; FiDi sidewalk shed relief; Broad Street tower to be second tallest building in Lower Manhattan.
••• 5/20: Alexander Wang wants out (above). Plus: Decrying the homogenization of Tribeca yet again; more intel on the new restaurant in the former Mekong space; the return of closed kitchens.

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NEW YORK BY NIGHT
Photographer Albert C. Lee took another helicopter flight above New York City—this time after dark.

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