UPDATE ON THE FIVE BORO BIKE TOUR
There’s good news about the big bike ride that ruins an early Sunday morning every May, and there’s bad news.

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VALENTINE’S DAY IS TOMORROW!
There’s still time to order beautiful flowers from Tribeca designer Mel Furukawa. Call him at 917-446-4300 with your budget and any style parameters, and you’ll be all set. Sponsored.

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CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES (FEBRUARY 2017)
Discussed at last week’s meeting: Plans for a new piano bar; Laughing Man’s proposed Street Seats expansion; big events at Spring Studios; booze at Tribeca’s Kitchen; sidewalk cafés at Yves and Añejo; Lower Manhattan Community Church block party; early-morning deliveries at the Tribeca Family Festival. Read the full report.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/9: New “modern Asian” restaurant (above). Plus: A reader wonders whether any bar can approach the Raccoon Lodge; the Warren Street reconstruction project has begun; the Roxy Hotel is working on an oyster bar; old photos of White Street; construction crew hogging Franklin Street.
••• 2/10: Two Hands on film. Plus: New tool to keep track of resistance protests; work happening at a Broadway retail space; MTA parking buses in one of the worst spots imaginable; avocado enigma.
••• 2/11: Another Dunkin Donuts is opening here. Plus: Tribeca Upholstery & Draperies found a new home in the area; Pearl River Mart won’t be closing for renovations as initially planned; a glimpse of old signage.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 2/9: Push for local representation in Battery Park City. Plus: Overhaul planned for some Pace University buildings; Greenwich Street townhouse now being marketed as a rental; half a window.
••• 2/10: A glimmer of hope for Canal Street. Plus: Video of thieves who returned to the scene of their crime (above); Brookfield Place to screen films in the Winter Garden; Battery Park City Day Nursery; funds for crossing guards.
••• 2/11: The mayor and 100 Franklin. Plus: The history of 165 Chambers; fashion brand Mansur Gavriel; neat look at a Soho loft.

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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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YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT ROUGH
A.k.a. how I feel every time I look at the news.

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