A SISTER RESTAURANT FOR TERRA
Roberto Passon and Tanya Hira, the couple behind the popular Terra, are opening an Italian restaurant across W. Broadway.

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THE FIGHT OVER A NEW GREEK RESTAURANT
The question about the Greek’s plan for a restaurant in the Sterling Mason boils down to this: Should residents be allowed to decide which businesses can open here?

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POSSIBLE CHANGE AT WHITE STREET
The restaurant might be getting turned into an outpost of the Ainsworth, an upscale sports bar-and-grill.

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LEARN KRAV MAGA AT THE LIVE WELL COMPANY
Everyone’s favorite independently owned gym, The Live Well Company, is now offering Krav Maga classes. Taught by our amazing Glen Newman, you can learn how to achieve the mindset and physical fitness needed to be prepared in a real-life violent encounter, as well as the simple techniques to keep you safe for the rest of your life. Training will be conducted in small groups (four people max) and also one-on-one. For scheduling and pricing, please email thelivewellcompany@yahoo.com. Or just stop by and see for yourself why we’ve been a Tribeca favorite for 13 years. Sponsored.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/15: New spa on Greenwich? Plus: The restaurant opening in the former Ivy’s Bistro space; Chabad of Tribeca’s Rock the Block party; Seize sur Vingt sale; Megu reopening in Chelsea; Park(ing) Day; seeking recommendation for tote-bag printer.
••• 9/16: Wolfgang Puck’s Cut steakhouse opens Monday [today]. Plus: The State Liquor Authority hearing about Buddha Bar; Dîner en Blanc was in Wagner Park; Mmuseumm’s birthday party for a Japanese inventor; “Law & Order: SVU.”
••• 9/17: White Street clarification. Plus: Long line at the Apple store; “The Blacklist” shoot; World Trade Center wine store looks close to opening; hotel lobby to be café and lounge; how did Cut at the Four Seasons get around the 200-foot rule?
••• 9/18: Mulberry & Vine is opening a third location. Plus: Plus: New café and design shop on Grand (above); Chinatown bus flouting the law; Franklin Street’s flaming façade; marine science festival on Pier 26; Viking ship docked at North Cove Marina.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I’m wondering if you know anything about the Greenmarket that was ostensibly going to start running at the World Trade Center as of August.” —D. The bad news.

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

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IN THE NEWS
••• 9/16: Shinola hotel. Plus: Video visit to architect Daniel Libeskind’s Tribeca apartment; update on the West Thames pedestrian bridge; this could be the last Battery Park City Block Party; 1920 bombing on Wall Street; Taste of the Seaport; Farm Fresh Festival for Kids.
••• 9/17: Edward Albee. Plus: Random pepper-spray attack on Desbrosses; writer Pete Hamill is taking a break from Tribeca; fashion show at the salt shed; a threat to make the big 550 Washington project all offices (rendering above).

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WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
New favorite phrase: “Your Tribeca is showing.”

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