• The Cosmopolitan Hotel has a long and interesting history, notes the New York Times as the hotel moves forward with a major addition: “Possibly New York’s oldest hotel structure, it has been loved to death, with successive alterations using the original neo-Gothic style, each one meant to match the original building.” This postcard shows it in 1910.

• Downtown Express takes a look at the Department of Transportation’s pilot program to have 57 workers share 25 cars, which should free up parking in the Seaport and Financial District. Maybe the Department of Buildings will be next, since its cars seem to be all over Tribeca.

• On Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Friends of Duane Park will be holding its annual Tribeca Loft Tour: “On display this year are two artists’ lofts, as well as the home and workplace of a photographer whose particular passion is recording Tribeca’s past and constantly evolving present. Other spaces on view include a large traditional town house and an aerie made bright with skylights atop every room.” Tickets go on sale that day at 12:30 p.m., in Duane Park, or you can reserve by emailing your last name, phone number, and number of tickets requested to lofttour@duanepark.org.

• The New York Times visits the country home of miniature-golf-expert Maria Reidelbach, a Tribeca resident: “‘We liked the house, but we loved this space,’ Ms. Reidelbach said of the garage. It took six months to get the property’s asking price of $450,000 down to $360,000. Before the sale in the spring of 2008, Ms. Reidelbach raised cash by dividing her 2,400-square-foot Tribeca loft, where she has lived since 1982, and selling part of the space. She said the building, a self-sponsored co-op she had helped organize in the early 1990s, was becoming less artist-friendly, with new tenants who ‘had day jobs and wanted to live regular, clean lifestyles.'”

• At Cheryl Hazan Gallery (35 N. Moore), an opening reception will be held this Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for “Substance and Form,” a new exhibit of work by Carolina Sardi, John Ensor Parker, and Jaq Belcher. (I’m not entirely sure whose artwork is pictured; I’ll add it when I find out.)

• Moving on from fried chicken, chef Andrew Carmellini of Locanda Verde is planning “an all-you-can-eat pasta night in his back room,” says the New York Post. In other exciting news, Locanda Verde finally has its own website: locandaverdenyc.com.

• Manohla Dargis of the New York Times hangs out with “avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife, Flo, in the top-floor loft they rent on Chambers Street in Manhattan. The plan was for Mr. Jacobs to show some work he will present during a weeklong series of programs in Los Angeles that starts Monday. As I neared the top of my four-flight climb, the walls became more cluttered and lived in, as if announcing the residency of the last bohemians in Tribeca.”

• Pomme is selling this very cute tote that says “Je T’aime Tribeca” on it (186 Duane).

• For the first time in 18 years, due to the recession, Bubby’s isn’t sponsoring the Halloween parade (New York Post).

• The Tribeca Trib drops in on the Faith Exchange, an evangelical Christian congregation that has taken over what used to be the nightclub Deco (and Peppers), at 95 Leonard. The congregation used to meet at 90 West Street, until it was destroyed on 9/11; four years ago it opened at Greenwich and Vestry, but the noise irked many neighbors.

• On Oct. 20, Whole Foods Market will start selling “growlers”—reusable half-gallon glass containers you can get refilled with beer.

• Remember, the Tribeca Meet & Greet is tomorrow (Tuesday) at Gymboree (100 Reade) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. There’ll be food from Grandaisy Bakery and wine from Frankly Wines. Stop by and say hello!