AIRE ANCIENT BATHS
A bathhouse from a Spanish company. UPDATE: Now open.

AAMANNS/COPENHAGEN
Danish restaurant specializing in smørrebrød.

DEMI MONDE
The bar part (at 90 Broad) is open; the café will follow.

ASPHALT GREEN BATTERY PARK CITY
Teaching us all to exercise our patience.

JEAN
(Right) Dr. Michel Cohen of Tribeca Pediatrics is opening a lunch café/wine bar.

ALL GOOD THINGS
European-style food hall with restaurant.

SUSHI OF GARI
Popular uptown sushi mini-chain.

FIKA
Swedish café and chocolatier.

THE BUTTERFLY
A bar with food from chef Michael White’s company (Marea, Osterini Morini).

ROBIN BROUILLETTE
Tribeca designer’s shop on W. Broadway.

CITIBANK
Said to be taking over a prominent spot; now not so sure….

TRIBECA CANVAS
Masaharu Morimoto’s non-Japanese restaurant.

CHIPOTLE
(Right) Work has started on the second location in the area.

THE ELEVENS
Crowdsourced restaurant where membership gets privileges.

NEAR AND FAR FOOD COMPANY
Big restaurant and bar in eastern Tribeca. (Is this iffy too? The space has been gutted for a while.)

AMERICAN FLATBREAD
Vermont pizza chain’s first New York outpost.

LITTLE ONE
Restaurant coming to the old Columbine space.

27 DESBROSSES RESTAURANT AND BAR
Anchor Bar is opening a bar and restaurant.

THE FLEA
The theater company is moving.

SHINOLA
Steven Alan’s parent company is reinventing the shoe polish brand.

73 WARREN
(Right) Prepared food.

TETSU
Chef Masa Takayama’s teppanyaki restaurant.

BARRY’S BOOTCAMP
Group-fitness studio.

DUXIANA
Swedish beds and furniture.

SUPERSTAR GYM
In Truffles Tribeca.

MULINO A VINO
Italian wine bar and restaurant.

BENARES
(Right) Indian restaurant on Murray.

BALCONY CAFÉ
Bar and restaurant in the old Mocca space (iffy).

AQUA STUDIO
Group aquatic-fitness facility.

TEMPLE COURT HOTEL AND CONDOS
In the marvelous 5 Beekman.

APRIL 23

APRIL 26–SEPTEMBER 4
“Mad About Art + Design,” a juried show, is at the McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space, with an open house on Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.” (Pictured at top: A grid of work by participating artists.)

APRIL 27
As part of the Tribeca Open Artists Studio Tour (Apr. 27–30), the New York Academy of Art is opening its MFA students’ studios from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.—it’s sort of like the recent Tribeca Ball, but without the celebrities, booze, and fashion.

MAY 1
“Occupy: The Next Steps, A Teach-in at Trinity Wall Street Featuring Author Joyce Carol Oates, Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, Professor James W. Jones, Historian Blanche Wiesen Cook, Journalist James Carroll, The Rev. Mark Bozzuti-Jones and The Rev. Dr. James H. Cooper. When Occupy Wall Street began in Lower Manhattan last September, no one could have foreseen that it would spark analogous movements throughout the country, in much of Europe, and elsewhere in the world. Occupy is no longer a piece of real estate, but a moral space in the political landscape. It is, perhaps, the most important social movement since the Civil Rights and antiwar movements of the 1950s and 60s.” I wonder. “On Tuesday, May 1 from 2-5 p.m., Trinity Wall Street will hold a teach-in—part conference, part spiritual renewal, and part rally—at Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall Street), and tread into this moral terrain. Over three hours, a series of brief talks/sermons/exhortations and musical interludes will seek to inspire and offer leadership ideas for the future of the Occupy movement.”

THROUGH MAY 27
The New Play Festival at the Flea: The Electric Lighthouse, The Wundelsteipen, and A Letter from Omdurman.

JULY 1–2
Johnny Clegg plays City Winery.

JULY 22-23
Kenny Loggins plays City Winery.

••• The New York Times has an update on crowdsourced Lispenard restaurant the Elevens: “Only 154 people have joined the cause (the total is visible on the restaurant’s Web site, ‘and that’s only $77,000 so far,’ said [Scott] Kester, 51. So the partners—who have a 10-year lease on the space, with a 5-year extension—are working with investors to supplement that total and open the restaurant in September or October.”

••• Occupy Wall Street protesters have decided to get jobs and lead productive lives sleep on Wall Street. —New York Times

••• “Investment and development firm VE Equities has a contract out on the final unit at the former American Express Carriage House at 60 Collister Street, another Tribeca luxury condominium developed by the company.” Even the one with two windows? Well done. —The Real Deal

••• J. Crew’s Jenna Lyons is only renting at 60 Collister. —Curbed

••• “The New York Financial District Lions Club, the local chapter of the Lions Clubs International, [...] has grown to 35 Lower Manhattan residents since its inception in October, 2011.” —Broadsheet

••• “Male customers [...] make up 10 percent of [nail salon] Tenoverten’s business.” —New York Post

••• “The Beekman Beer Garden [in the Seaport] will open for the season on Saturday. The space has two bars, a fire pit, ping pong tables, and a few flat screens for watching the game. For the rest of the month, it’s only going to be open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but starting May 4, Beekman Beer Garden will be open seven days a week.” —Eater

••• The New York Times says that ‘You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce,’ now at the Flea Theater, is “modest but engaging.”

••• “City officials marked the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s doomed voyage with a solemn ceremony at the South Street Seaport Thursday.” Can the dead suddenly vote? —DNAinfo

••• Curbed had a rendering of the new Pier 17 that shows advertising all around the sides.

MARCH 31
“The final installment of the ‘Downtown After Dark’ DJ series at W Downtown featuring a DJ set by Hyper Crush, the electro-pop made up of Holly Valentine, Preston Moronie and Donny. Their bass thumping records and energetic live sets have garnered them fans around the world. Hyper Crush recently released their self produced ‘Night Waves’ on iTunes with hit singles ‘Fingers Up’ and ‘Werk Me’ rocking clubs around the country. In April, the group will head out cross-country to headline the Glowsticks for Breakfast Tour with Black Cards, Silver Medallion and DJ Benzi.”

APRIL 7–MAY 6
“You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce” is at the Flea. Written by Jennifer R. Morris, Matthew Maher, Caitlin Miller, Robbie Collier Sublett, Anne Kauffman, Janice Paran.

APRIL 11–MAY 8
“FB Gallery is proud to present K-Narf’s ‘Yummy Yami’ exhibition opening on Wednesday April 11, 2012. Inspired by the true story of Issei Sagawa, K-Narf pushes the limits of how sex is portrayed in art—insisting on creating a jarring dialogue between images and the story behind them, the story of Mr. Sagawa.” (He killed and ate a woman and now he’s a minor celebrity in Japan.)

APRIL 12–MAY 3
Downtown-based artist Mike Ingui is debuting his new Brooklyn-themed series of abstract paintings called ‘Departures’ at Tribeca’s One Art Space. [...] People familiar with the architecture and design world here in NYC already know Ingui. He’s a highly successful and sought-after architect and a partner at Baxt-Ingui, specializing in high-end residential and commercial renovations.

APRIL 19–22
“The Museum of Jewish Heritage will commemorate Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—with a series of events for visitors of all ages from April 19-22.” On April 19 (admission is free that day), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., “Holocaust survivors will be in the galleries discussing their experiences with visitors of all ages. Many are artifact donors who will stand beside their objects and explain their significance.”

APRIL 21
“Church Street School for Music and Art will host our first annual family fundraising event from 1–4 p.m. The Happening will include musical performances and jams, life size collaborative art projects, a silent auction, raffle, food, drinks, face painting, tattoos and more.”

APRIL 22
From State Senator Daniel Squadron: “I hope you’ll join me to share your thoughts and ideas on the legislative and community priorities that will shape the future of our district and our state. [...] 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., High School of Economics and Finance, 100 Trinity Place (between Cedar and Thames) [...]. RSVP here or by contacting my office at 212-298-5565 or squadron@nysenate.gov.”

APRIL 25
“The Museum of Jewish Heritage will present some of New York’s leading Jewish hip-hop artists who will perform soulful narrations featuring poetry slam, beat box, and incredible improvisations. ‘Hip-Hop Reflections’ will feature Rabbi Darkside, Dyalekt, Jessica Fleitman, Grey Matter, Doron Lev, Michelle Slonim, and Tranquill.”

APRIL 28
ARC Athletics is having an open house with ways to test your athletic skills and crafts for kids.

APRIL 29
New Amsterdam Market: “Please join us on the last Sunday of April to kick off our 2012 season! The market will include returning vendors as well as several new faces, and a special Bread Pavilion featuring over a dozen bakeries. Special programs will include a cooking demo by Jim Lahey of Sullivan Street Bakery and the author of a new book, My Pizza.”

APRIL 30
Bobcat Goldthwait will be at 92YTribeca for screenings of two of his films, God Bless America and Shakes the Clown.

MAY 2–JUNE 2
“Soho Photo Gallery is honored to announce a special exhibition in May that features the work of Ruth Gruber, the 100-year-old legendary photojournalist and the winner of the 2011 International Center of Photography’s Infinity Cornell Capa Award. Her exhibition is entitled ‘Photographs as Witness, 1944-1947.‘ This is an extraordinary event for Soho Photo since Gruber’s work will occupy all four exhibition bays in our downstairs gallery and feature nearly 50 of her archival images from the period 1944-1947. Ms. Gruber is scheduled to be at the gallery on Thursday, May 24 at 6:30 p.m. for a screening of the acclaimed documentary, Ahead of Time, and to sign her book, Witness.”

MAY 16
Vincent Gallo’s Buffalo 66 is at 92YTribeca.

ARTISTS SPACE BOOKS & TALKS
Offshoot of longtime Soho alternative art space.

AIRE ANCIENT BATHS
A bathhouse from a Spanish company.

HARRY’S ITALIAN
Italian restaurant in Goldman Alley.

DEMI MONDE
The bar/café at 90 Broad.

AAMANNS/COPENHAGEN
Danish restaurant specializing in smørrebrød.

HOMBOMS
Uptown toy-store chain coming to Greenwich Street.

ASPHALT GREEN BATTERY PARK CITY
Fitness and more.

JEAN
Dr. Michel Cohen of Tribeca Pediatrics is opening a lunch café/wine bar.

ALL GOOD THINGS
European-style food hall with restaurant.

SUSHI OF GARI
Popular uptown sushi mini-chain.

NEAR AND FAR FOOD COMPANY
Big restaurant and bar in eastern Tribeca.

THE BUTTERFLY
A bar with food from chef Michael White’s company (Marea, Osterini Morini).

CITIBANK
Said to be taking over a prominent spot; now not so sure….

TRIBECA CANVAS
Masaharu Morimoto’s non-Japanese restaurant.

THE ELEVENS
Crowdsourced restaurant where membership gets privileges.

MARITIME
Ivy’s Bistro receives the Abramcyk touch.

AMERICAN FLATBREAD
Vermont pizza chain’s first New York outpost.

LITTLE ONE
Restaurant coming to the old Columbine space.

27 DESBROSSES RESTAURANT AND BAR
Anchor Bar is opening a bar and restaurant.

THE FLEA
The theater company is moving.

SHINOLA
Steven Alan’s parent company is reinventing the shoe polish brand.

••• The Flea Theater‘s 2012 Benefit Reading on April 3 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage will feature Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman in a battle of extraordinary imperiousness reading of “The Vandal” by Hamish Linklater. Tickets are $275 and that includes a light supper with the cast.

••• A BPC resident says that the word from building administration is that there’s concern Occupy Wall Street will try to meet on Saturday at the Irish Hunger Memorial even though their permit was denied. Don’t worry: Extra NYPD and Parks Department troops officers will be on hand if that happens.

••• Congratulations to @ArmandoRJ for correctly identifying all of the Tribeca streets and businesses in the Fun with Autocorrect post—the prize is six delicious cupcakes from Tribeca Treats. If you still want to try, go here now—because I’m posting the answers after this photo of some art at Sonnabend Gallery in Chelsea. (I went AboCa last weekend.)

Isley mistake = Issey Miyake
Saxon = Sazón
collider = Collister
golden Kristen = Golden Krust
zoos = Xoos
espadrilles = Espasso
tote = Otte
beset street = Vesey Street
dudgeon = Sushein
cutting = Zutto

When I saw "Books and Books" written in several places on the drywall in the southwest corner of the Conrad building, I was convinced that the beloved Miami bookseller was coming to Battery Park City. The owner swears it's not happening, though....

Another winner from Milo Hess.

We're going to need more than that. Or is this a scorecard of what's already been drunk?

It's possible I've been watching too much "Downton Abbey," but Chamber Sports sounds like an Edwardian euphemism.

In L.A. that might mean something. Besides, what about us walkers? Building a bike involves a carbon footprint, you know.

A double rainbow at the 9/11 Memorial, taken by Mitch Howell (click to see it in all its glory)

Previous Progress Reports:
••• Northeast Tribeca
••• Northwest Tribeca
••• Southwest Tribeca

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56 LEONARD
After a period of being stalled, the love-it-or-loathe-it 57-story “Jenga Building” by Herzog & de Meuron is a go once again, at least according to news reports in November. (Click that link to see a rendering.) If it happens, it’ll dramatically change that stretch of Church Street.

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ATERA
After missing its scheduled fall opening and then saying they were “hoping” to open this winter, the Compose reboot appears to be making progress. For one thing, there’s a website (just a placeholder, but still); for another, I hear the kitchen is done and chef Matthew Lightner and his team are cooking.

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THE FLEA
The theater, currently based on White Street, is in the fund-raising phase of moving to 20 Thomas. They’ve bought he building; they just need to do construction inside.

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BOULEY STUDIO
When Bouley Studio closed “for vacation” in August, signage said it would reopen in the fall, and (but?) Nicole Bouley said the focus would be on private events. It was unclear whether Bouley Studio as we knew it would return; substantial demolition muddied the waters. The Bouley website, meanwhile, no longer mentions the space at all. In response to a recent inquiry, I was told that the focus would remain on catering. UPDATE: See this post for more (scroll down to till you see the same photo as above).

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CITIBANK
In November, I discovered that the old Bouley Market space would become a Citibank branch; a staffer at the one on Broadway said it would be open by December, but work appears to have come to a halt…?

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142 DUANE
This one is a mystery: The lights are often on, the windows were recently papered. If you know anything, email me at tribecacitizen@gmail.com.

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SUPER LINDA
The latest in Matt Abramcyk’s string of Tribeca restaurants—after Smith & Mills, Warren 77, and Tiny’s—is said to be opening this month. The food is South American, and there will be a separate takeout counter accessed from W. Broadway.

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LOTUS BLUE
“Renovations are going smoothly and we are still targeting to open by the week of Chinese New Year, which is January 23, but don’t have an exact date yet,” says Jeffrey Lim, general manager of Lotus Blue, the Yunnan restaurant coming to where Nam used to be.

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COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL ANNEX
The Cosmopolitan Hotel’s plans to tear down the old MaryAnn’s building and replace it with an annex to the hotel (along with a restaurant on the ground floor) appear to have stalled. Could this be why?

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280 BROADWAY
Another mystery: What’s coming to the old Chase space on Broadway between Reade and Chambers? I asked at Radio Shack, and the singularly unhelpful clerk said she thought it was a restaurant. (What is it about Radio Shack? It’s worse than Staples.) I could see it becoming a Café Metro or something, with seating upstairs.

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37 WARREN
According to the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center, the conversion of 37 Warren to condos—with four new floors on top and retail on the ground floor—will be done by July.

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AFFINA NAILS SPA & NYC LASER CENTER
Another nail salon is coming to Church between Warren and Murray. They’ve been working on it—polishing the space?—for a while now. Maybe it’s close: Here’s the menu of services.

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DOWNTOWN FLORIST
Downtown Florist, around the corner on Church, was to take over the empty space next to Takahachi Bakery, but it’s unclear if that’s moving forward. When I just called, I was told, “We don’t know yet.” Doesn’t sound promising, does it?

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JEAN
Dr. Michel Cohen of Tribeca Pediatrics has rented the old Bangal Curry space at 65 W. Broadway. As of August, he was planning to open the at the end of October; the restaurant would be “based on great, high-quality lunch food both for take-out and sit-in. At night the place will turn into a cafe/wine bar. The place is designed by Matt Maddy who also designed Weather Up on Duane.” And a liquor-license application set to go before CB1 in November said the name would be Jean, but then it got dropped from the agenda. Cohen has yet to respond to an email.

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AROMA ESPRESSO BAR
The popular chain is opening an outpost in 100 Church (at Barclay) “in just a few weeks.”

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WOODROW’S
In November, Erin Garmont went before CB1 to explain how she planned to change Biddy Early’s (43 Murray) into a “great value” steakhouse called Woodrow’s. Biddy Early’s is still Biddy Early’s, though.

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DEMI MONDE
This isn’t remotely Tribeca, but it’s arguably the first truly cool thing to happen in FiDi in a long time: The folks behind Death & Co. in the East Village are launching a café-by-day-bar-by-night called Demi Monde at 90 Broad. Here’s what Page Six magazine had to say recently: “Demi Monde, a 120-seat restaurant at the former China Chalet in the Financial District, which opens this winter. It will serve cocktails and a New American menu including small plates, entrées and sharable snacks like bacon-wrapped dates, white anchovy bruschetta and eggplant caviar flatbreads. Unlike the diminutive East Village haunt, whose gold-flecked wallpaper catches light from chandeliers and candles, the Financial District spot, which boasts a ground-floor coffee bar (they’re working with the ‘top guys’ from Intelligentsia bean house), will have standing room and plenty of seats to spare. Classic cocktails are still the inspiration, but the pair will also experiment with cutting-edge techniques like making watermelon flash-infused vermouth using a whipped-cream canister.” The current word is it’ll open in February.

JANUARY 5–FEBRUARY 18
“Steven Katzman: Human Abstract” is at Masters & Pelavin: “This will be the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery and in NYC. Steven Katzman is a self-taught photographer who has combined, over the years, his long-time interest in political science with his professional photographic journey. His work combines the conceptual ‘straight’ photographic style of Andres Serrano; the grotesque, yet, beautiful ‘staged’ photographic style of Joel-Peter Witken and the intimate ‘street’ photographic style of Diane Arbus.” That’s his photo above.

JANUARY 10
“At the Pen Parentis Literary Salon’s Robert Burns Celebration, join poets Marie Howe, Evan and Joanna Smith Rakoff, Martin MacKinnon, and Tina Chang at the Libertine at Gild Hall (a Thompson Hotel at 15 Gold Street) as they read some of Burns’ poems and some of their own and discuss the means of balancing a literary life with an active family. We hear there may be whiskey in addition to the usual wine bar. [...] Admission is free. 7pm start. [...] Only 21+ please.”

JANUARY 19–FEBRUARY 12
These Seven Sicknesses is at the Flea: “In These Seven Sicknesses, Sophocles’ seven surviving plays—Oedipus, In Trachis, Philoktetes, In Colonus, Ajax, Elektra & Antigone—combine to create a stunning portrait of the human condition, where the intermingling of chance & fate yields disquieting results. Standout Tribeca dining destination Macao Trading Co. will provide a complimentary Asian fusion feast at all performances”

FEBRUARY 18–MARCH 25
Adapted from the book by Mo Willems, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical is at Manhattan Children’s Theatre: “Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind…. This hilariously brilliant and moving musical tells a true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy’s in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.”

MARCH 29–30
Mason Jennings plays City Winery.

MARCH 31–APRIL 28
The Lonely Phone Booth, adapted from the book by Peter Ackerman, has its world premiere at Manhattan Children’s Theatre: “The story of one of the last remaining phone booths in New York City, on the corner of West End Avenue and 100th Street. Everyone used it from ballerinas and Girl Scouts, zookeepers and birthday clowns, to cellists and even secret agents! The Phone Booth was so beloved that people would sometimes wait in line to use it—until the day a businessman strode by talking into a shiny silver object.”

••• I also saw that something called Wilderness of Wish has set up shop—or at least a pop-up presence—inside Bowne & Co. stationers. From its Facebook page: “We stock things of use and delight. Sparklers. Hand tooled wooden spatulas. Paring knives. Ladles. Leather satchels & coin pouches. Snaps & safety pins. Confections. Crisps. Spices. Old-loom Coverlets. Umbrellas. Reading material and writing supplies. Music. Marionettes. You get the idea.” I tweeted them to find out what the sign in Bowne & Co. was all about (their website says they’re only at Bowne on Fridays and Saturdays), but I haven’t heard back. I also want to know if the owl in the window is for sale.

••• I saw somewhere on Twitter that P.S. 150′s principal, Maggie Siena, is going to be principal at the Peck Slip School, but I can’t remember who tweeted it. Anyway, a parent just emailed about it “to provide ample warning to the families in the Financial District in case they want to get an early start on a petition to fight the decision.”

••• Looking at Christmas, a romantic comedy by Steven Banks that played (debuted?) at the Flea last year, was filmed during the run, and Channel 13 will air it on Dec. 21 at 10 p.m., Dec. 23 at 3:30 a.m., and December 25 at 11 p.m.