Here they are, property by property; click to enlarge. I wish you could click through to StreetEasy for more info. Maybe someday….

Here they are, property by property; click to enlarge. I wish you could click through to StreetEasy for more info. Maybe someday….

Here they are, property by property; click to enlarge. I wish you could click through to StreetEasy for more info. Maybe someday….

Here they are, property by property; click to enlarge. (You’ll see that the 38 Laight one is also listed as 44 Laight—not sure why.)

Here they are, property by property; click to enlarge. Maybe the folks in 169 Hudson will let me borrow their bathtub.

Here they are, property by property; click to enlarge. You might be surprised to learn who’s moving where—I happened to know two of the buyers!

New apartment buildings often use their addresses as their names—consider 200 Chambers, 34 Leonard, 471 Washington, 33 Vestry, 101 Warren, 88 Leonard, 1 N. Moore, to name just seven that come to mind—because it makes their locations easier to keep straight. (One York being a notable exception that line of reasoning.) Every now and then, however, a developer chooses poetry over the prosaic—even if all that branding often disappears once all the units have been sold….

Can you match each of the following buildings with its address? The winner gets… nothing! (Because clearly you could just Google it all. But even if you couldn’t there probably wouldn’t be a prize. We’re above all that, right?)

1. Cobblestone Lofts
2. The Fairchild Lofts
3. River Lofts
4. Skylofts
5. The Tribeca
6. Tribeca Abbey
7. Tribeca Summit
8. Tribeca Townhomes
9. Truffles Tribeca
10. Zinc Building

a. 121 Reade
b. 16 Warren
c. 55 Vestry
d. 303 Greenwich
e. 28 Laight
f. 415 Greenwich
g. 34 Desbrosses
h. 145 Hudson
i. 92 Laight/416 Washington
j. 475 Greenwich

The answers are after these photos. The man in the middle photo, by the way, is looking at me that way because I was telling Howard how beautiful he is.

Answers

1. Cobblestone Lofts = e. 28 Laight
2. The Fairchild Lofts = c. 55 Vestry
3. River Lofts = i. 92 Laight/416 Washington
4. Skylofts = h. 145 Hudson
5. The Tribeca = d. 303 Greenwich
6. Tribeca Abbey = a. 121 Reade
7. Tribeca Summit = f. 415 Greenwich
8. Tribeca Townhomes = b. 16 Warren
9. Truffles Tribeca = g. 34 Desbrosses
10. Zinc Building = j. 475 Greenwich

If you got any wrong, maybe these photos will help jog your memory….

••• The Spotted Pig people passed on the old Kinko’s space in BPC, but Danny Meyer may still be looking. And Le Pain Quotidien is opening in the Riverhouse condo. (Eater)

••• Outdoor lighting from Karkula was featured in a NYT shopping story.

••• In April, the Rascals (“Good Lovin’”) reunited for a party at Tribeca Grill and Bruce Springsteen, Whoopi Goldberg, and Bill Murray were there. (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)

••• Soho Rep‘s The Truth—A Tragedy got reviewed by the NYT and Time Out New York.

••• The wind blew a dog off an Independence Plaza balcony and it lived. (Tribeca Trib)

••• Uzi Ben-Abraham, a co-founder of Scoop, is selling his Watts Street apartment. (NYT)

••• Magazine publishing company Condé Nast is considering moving into the Freedom Tower. (NYT)

by Julie Glassberg (courtesy The new York Times)

••• The Brooklyn Banks unofficial skateboard park is about to be closed so the construction crews working on the Brooklyn Bridge rehab can use it for a staging area. (NYT)

••• The Wall Street Journal shines its light on little-known neighborhood gem Locanda Verde.

••• A profile of Tribeca composer PT Walkley, who did the music for Ed Burns’s latest film. (Downtown Express)

••• A tourist from Arizona staying in the Financial District got mugged at 6 a.m.—his pants, shoes, and wallet were stolen. (Tribeca Trib)

••• Tribeca Summit has cut its prices. (Curbed)

by Jorge Canizares (courtesy The New York Times)

••• A coyote was spotted in Tribeca (New York Times) and Battery Park City (Broadsheet Daily), and then shot with a tranquilizer gun on Watts Street and and caught on West Street (New York Post). It had been spotted yesterday coming out of the Holland Tunnel, then went down to Thomas and Church Streets. Anyway, the animal is now at Manhattan Animal Care & Control on the Upper East Side. These stories break my heart; what kind of world have we made that so few animals can live in it?

••• Tribeca Summit changes hands. (Curbed)

••• The MTA shafted Lower Manhattan, as expected: “Among the changes directly affecting Lower Manhattan, the W train will be eliminated and bus service to the Lower East Side will be restructured, which will affect the M9 and the M20. Saturday service on the M20 will start later. The M6, which runs down Broadway, will be discontinued. Overnight bus service on the M22 will also be discontinued and weekend service will start later and end earlier on this line.” (Broadsheet Daily)

••• “The parents of 201 Tribeca 4-year-olds opened letters from P.S.234 principal Lisa Ripperger this week, and many of them were not happy with the news. ‘This year, P.S. 234 had a large number of kindergarten applications which is more than the available seats we have at this time,’ the letter began. ‘So, we have placed your child on a waitlist.’” (Tribeca Trib)

••• “The sky may be falling at City Hall with more bad budget news today, but the City Hall roof is also at risk of caving in. The problem is so serious that the City Council and its staff will be vacating the building in July, for up to a year, according to sources. Last fall, City workers discovered the ceiling tresses were badly rotted above the Mayors’ bullpen and the room where he holds his morning staff meetings, nicknamed ‘The Cow’ (short for Committee of the Whole room). [...] With the help of scaffolding to support the ceilings, renovations were completed last October, while Mayor Bloomberg and his staff remained in the space. Similar scaffolding has been erected on the Council side of the building in the Council committee room, which is now closed to the public. But sources say the main Council Chamber is too big to support with scaffolding during renovation and must be vacated. Councilmembers will hold public hearings at either 250 Broadway or 52 Chambers Street.” (NBC New York via Broadsheet Daily)

••• “Convicted con man Hassan Nemazee’s kids have less than a week to vamoose from their luxury TriBeCa condos so the feds can sell them to satisfy a pending forfeiture order against their crooked dad. Nemazee, who pleaded guilty last week to a $292 million bank-fraud scheme, is part-owner of the apartments at 99 and 101 Warren St. Nemazee agreed to let the US Marshals Service auction them off, according to papers filed in Manhattan federal court.” (New York Post)

IN THE NEWS

COOL
Pen Parentis announced a new fellowship, which includes a $1,000 prize and a year of promotion. Details here.

COMING UP
••• The agenda for the next meeting of CB1′s Tribeca Committee, on Mar. 10, has been released:
1. 130 Duane Street, application for liquor license for Duane Street Hotel, Resolution
2. 329 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of unenclosed sidewalk cafe for Industria Argentina – Resolution
3. Street permit application by Cercle Rouge on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, West Broadway between Beach Street and White Street – Resolution
4. Transportation and Parking Regulations Sub-Committee – Discussion
The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 48 Chambers Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Chambers Street Wines
• 139 Duane Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Blaue Gans
• 183 Duane Street, application for renewal of beer license for Tokyo Bay Enterprises, Inc.
• 59 Warren Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Raccoon Lodge
• 2 Avenue of Americas, application for renewal of liquor license for Tribeca Grand Hotel
••• Also of note: The agenda for the Youth and Education Committee’s meeting on Mar. 16 includes “Presentation on the construction of a green recreation center and dog run in the existing dog run on Warren Street by Bob Townley, Community Board 1 Member and Executive Director of Manhattan Youth.”
••• Added to 92YTribeca‘s March schedule (they never rest, do they?): Channel 101 NY Monthly Screening (Mar. 10); Off the Hook: Why Local Seafood is Sustainable (Mar. 13); Jolie Holland, right, and TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone (Mar. 19); Shabbat Dinner with “Science Babe” Debbie Berebichez (Mar. 26); Julia Greenberg Sings Dory Previn and David Driver Sings Scott Walker, presumably non-simultaneously (Mar. 26); Grant Hart and the Octagon (Mar. 27); Lampchop Live at XX Merge, a film (Mar. 31); songwriters Ewalt and Walker with lot of Broadway friends (Mar. 31).