DUANE READE IS CLOSING A TRIBECA STORE

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“AMERICA RUNS ON IMMIGRANTS”
Locals shared photos from yesterday’s protest at the Battery—and subsequent march up Church Street—about the Trump administration’s despicable executive order on immigration.

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FINE DINING IS COMING TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
The folks behind Eleven Madison Park are opening a 7,000-square-foot restaurant across from the Oculus.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/26: Groundhog Day loft tour. Plus: Ice sculpture in Duane Park; Eataly sale; the façade of 187 Franklin; “Law & Order: SVU” and “Bull” filming yet again; open house at Élan Flowers’s new location; Hudson River Park’s blue lights.
••• 1/27: Inside the Cast Iron House (above; photo by Tectonic). Plus: More peeks inside the restaurant-in-progress Tetsu; local teen is organizing a clothing drive for kids in need; activity at Reade Street restaurant space.
••• 1/28: Downtown Connection route change. Plus: The return of the Pussycat Lounge; pushing for a one-seat train ride from the World Train Center to Newark airport; Chambers and W. Broadway in 1914; buses vs. bollards on Duane; a world of shadow at Soho Photo.
••• 1/29: Antique Garage opening forecast. Plus: How to order quarts of Good Stock soup; progress at the new Pupculture on Hudson; one building’s telephone bomb-threat checklist; “Where in Tribeca…?” still unsolved.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I just started seeing these blue parking signs all around the neighborhood. What are they for?” —M. The answer.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 1/28: A dearth of violent crime. Plus: The history of 108-110 Duane; someone is combining two penthouses at 56 Leonard (above); Winnie’s karaoke bar to reopen in another location.

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: PERPETUUM CAFÉ
Just over two years after opening the first Perpetuum Café in Chelsea, Can Ruan has debuted a second one. The former Mobile X store has been renovated into a crisp, high-ceilinged room with a handful of low tables, free wi-fi, and Toby’s Estate Coffee.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Still no correct guesses for last week’s Where in Tribeca…? I’ll post the answer this evening.

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