LOFT PEEPING: DOWNTOWN LOFT WITH UPTOWN STYLE
Architectural Digest featured a lovely Tribeca home designed by the mother-daughter team of Suzanne and Lauren McGrath. The owners “liked the downtown vibe but didn’t want to forego design elements more typical of an Upper East Side prewar building.” Take a look around.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/2: Extensive underground passageway. Plus: Bike showroom has taken the place of the 443 Greenwich sales office; discussing Rumi at Poets House; more “love locks” showing up in weird places; Pupculture opening forecast; a Fulton Center store has closed; the new Spring Street deli has opened.
••• 2/3: The final pieces of 56 Leonard. Plus: Dangerous crane on Church; an odd aircraft; Styrofoam pellets all over Leonard; Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf definitely not reopening; new Walker Street gallery in doubt; ice groundhog.
••• 2/4: Neighbors are pelting a construction site with objects. Plus: Activity at the long-gestating site of an Austrian bakery; catering license requested for Murray Street space; “traffic calming” proposal at Hubert and Washington; mysterious signage in northwest Tribeca (above); “Happy” shoot.
••• 2/5: Terroir is taking reservations. Plus: North End Grill is tilting toward France; protest signs at Melet Mercantile; “Untitled photo shoot” today; a dreaded discount store is back.

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COFFEE FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Spurred on by Sprudge, a website about coffee, cafés across the country—including many around here—donated a percentage of proceeds from this past weekend to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 2/2: Tribeca Film Festival to kick off uptown. Plus: When Frederick Douglass stayed on Lispenard; anti-Trump protest in Foley Square; the world of fountain pens; Matt Abramcyk’s Gowanus hotel is on the market before opening.
••• 2/4: History of a W. Broadway building (above). Plus: A Tribecan and his art collection; mock vigil at Bowling Green; Balenciaga handbags stolen from Saks Fifth Avenue.
••• 2/5: Remix was a strip club. Plus: Another new condominium has a sculpture of gold crowns in its courtyard; bartender accuses manager of sexual harassment.

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

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PHOTO SAFARI!
A.k.a. random pictures with snarky captions.

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