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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: THINK COFFEE
Broadway’s coffee drought is over: Think Coffee is quite attractive, with banquettes, bentwood chairs, and high ceilings, and the brand’s heart is certainly in the right place.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/15: Trader Joe’s appears to be delayed. Plus: Poke Bowl is open; more “Mr. Robot” and Louis C.K. shoots; the lot-line side of 70 Vestry; the state of the Ladder 8 firehouse renovation; Navy flyover.
••• 6/16: More info on the controversial food hall. Plus: Colored lighting inside the Oculus; still no activity at the 456 Greenwich hotel project; how to complain about a bar or restaurant; long-dormant Franklin Street storefront; looking down on 111 Murray; Netflix teen comedy shooting here.
••• 6/17: Preparing for the silver blob. Plus: Is Ichimura’s leave not temporary?; more glass at Citi’s revamped headquarters; estate sale on Vestry; seeking a management company and a window washer; Cadillac shoot.
••• 6/18: Schoolkid gallery show. Plus: Cobblestone madness (above); Hudson Square’s proposed BID expansion; new Isamu Noguchi sculpture; why a vacant lot on Hudson won’t get developed; anyone know what happened to the Crave Espresso Bar staff?

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UPDATE ON THE CORTLANDT STREET SUBWAY STATION
It’s not opening anytime soon. But there is good stuff to look forward to, including a bunch of transportation connections at the World Trade Center.

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RETURN OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER GREENMARKET
Forced to close after 9/11, the World Trade Center Greenmarket is back as of tomorrow. Here are the vendors.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 6/15: Meg Ryan bought in Tribeca. Plus: West Thames Bridge to be named for Robert Douglass; octogenarian assaulted on Broadway; affordable housing to be extended at 88 Leonard; city needed to charter two more ferries to keep up with demand; architect says his 1 World Trade Center design was stolen.
••• 6/16: Cuomo picks outsiders for Battery Park City Authority board. Plus: Amazon is buying Whole Foods; back to normal at the Amish Market; Brooklyn Flea [opened last weekend] at Sixth and Watts (above); mega-yacht blocking views of the Statue of Liberty; Piora owner’s mother was the founder of Kori.
••• 6/17: Manhole explosion. Plus: More city employees now than at any time in history; weekend work has started on the tunnel to Brooklyn used by 2 and 3 trains; more thefts; new protocols for notifying schools of emergencies.

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

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TAYMOUR GRAHNE GALLERY HAS CLOSED
It opened in the fall of 2013 with a light focus on Middle Eastern art.

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