A NATURAL BEAUTY SHOP IS OPENING ON HUDSON
Founded by two downtown residents, ONDA Beauty will be a non-toxic, all-natural beauty product shop with a treatment room for facials and massages.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I found these cars parked behind Stuyvesant High School last Thursday. This area used to be a car-free haven. I find it dismaying that there are cars there, particularly by the water.” —H. Some are allowed to be there; others are not.

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CALL TO ARTISTS: TRIBECA OPEN STUDIO ARTIST TOUR
Artists who work in the TriBeCa area and are willing to open their studios to the public may participate in T.O.A.S.T. Art Walk (May 19-22). This opportunity gives emerging and established artists direct contact with art lovers and collectors. T.O.A.S.T. Art Walk attendees are able to visit the artists’ studios, view their work, and talk to the artists themselves. Those who take the tour will also have the chance to purchase work directly from the artists. *Artists who do not live in NYC are encouraged to stream LIVE from their studios during the event, use the T.O.A.S.T. website to share their art, and participate in the fall Open Artist Exhibition. For artist registration and local business advertising go to: TOASTartwalk.com. Sponsored.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/6: Six restaurant updates: North End Grill is now offering delivery; The Greek will be on TV; Greca will include a “fetabar”; Serafina is making progress; Kesté pizzeria appears to be opening soon; Nobletree Coffee now open at the World Trade Center mall (above).
••• 4/7: Avocado store. Plus: Order Eataly’s pizzas and panini for delivery; Khe-Yo’s Lao New Year celebration; 70 Vestry’s windows; residential construction on Leonard; “Untitled Jenny Lumet Project” is shooting here again.
••• 4/8: Hookers, Vixens, and Peglegs. Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour notices; book swap at Torly Kid; Billy Bragg in concert; 1 Beekman is rising above street level; Chinese restaurant seeks beer-and-wine license.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 4/6: The BPCA’s one local member has resigned. Plus: New FiDi school will open at least three years late; a Tribecan bringing serious coffee to Midtown; new restaurant opening where Soho bar Milady’s was; Rockaway ferry to launch on May 1.
••• 4/7: 56 Leonard’s common areas. Plus: The start date for the ferry connecting Wall Street with south Brooklyn (above); Downtown Little League gets an assist from the Seaport District developer.
••• 4/9: Police unions sell parking placards. Plus: Milk Bar opening in FiDi; Pace University expansion gets the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s approval; Battery Park City chapel faces rent hike.

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

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MY OWN LITTLE METROPOLITAN DIARY
I keep a journal of amusing interactions—akin to the New York Times’s “Metropolitan Diary,” but less fit for print. (Photo courtesy Helen Mirren.)

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