Newsletter: May 25

Mudville 9courtesy Alamo DrafthouseANOTHER MOVIE THEATER IS OPENING IN FIDI
The Alamo Drafthouse cinema complex will be three levels below ground, with “ten-plus cinema screens and up to 600 seats,” says the New York Post.

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BortolamiNEW KID ON THE BLOCK: BORTOLAMI
The Bortolami gallery chose to make a dramatic first impression for its inaugural Tribeca show. French artist Daniel Buren has put his signature stripes all over—on the cast-iron columns on the façade, on interior columns new and old, and even on the rear skylight.

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Post-Its on CanalSEEN & HEARD
••• 5/22: Reprise of the Post-It war (above). Plus: The former Nobu space is for rent; a more logical explanation for the Smile Newsstand being closed; poke restaurant progress; the Department of Transportation’s sad pedestrian plaza on Franklin Street.
••• 5/23: Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine was shut down by the Department of Health. Plus: Fyre Festival was based here (and owes back rent); new experimental space with multisensory experiences; neat kites at Canal Street Market; Cate Blanchett in Manifesto at Film Forum.
••• 5/24: L’Angolo might open tonight. Plus: The Smile Newsstand’s story has changed; real-estate sales office on Leonard; progress on new Starbucks on Chambers; Bar Works co-working space is nearly ready; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting.

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1WTC window from Condé Nast lawsuitIN THE NEWS
••• 5/22: Supersized Soho stores. Plus: Learning to make pizza at Kesté; the FDNY football team’s pet chicken; 9/11 families upset about the 9/11 Memorial being used for a TC shoot; the Mysterious Bookshop.
••• 5/23: Kit and Ace has closed. Plus: A look at last weekend’s Taste of Tribeca; there was a fire on Reade; Upper East Side bakery has a stand at the World Trade Center mall; cute dog photo.
••• 5/24: Lawsuit over 1WTC’s filthy windows (above). Plus: Someone claimed that $24 million lottery ticket; layoffs and other cost-cutting measures at the Trump Soho Hotel; the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is a dump.

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312-322 Canal renderingNEW DESIGN FOR NINE-STORY CANAL STREET BUILDING
The redesign of 312-322 Canal, where a two-story building currently stands, got a chilly reception from Community Board 1. And the residents behind it are upset about the likely loss of light.

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79 and 81 WarrenNOSY NEIGHBOR
“Do you know if the plan for 79-81 Warren has changed? It looks now like they are only building 81 Warren higher. Seems weird that they’d connect the two buildings higher in stages like they’re doing now.” —J. The answer.

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