FIRST IMPRESSION: BLT BAR & GRILL
What does BLT stand for anymore? (Besides bacon, lettuce, and tomato.) I wondered that as I walked over for lunch at the new BLT Bar & Grill in the new W New York Downtown….

CALENDAR: AUGUST 3–AUGUST 15
This week in and around Tribeca: “Auntie Mame”; Popa Chubby plays a free show at City Winery; cold summer soups; Dr. John and the Lower 911; John Ford’s “The Hurricane”; Tiempo Libre plays two free shows; Conjunto Imagen; Tim Finn; “Indian Country Noir” book party; “Mamachas del Ring” screening; Steve Earle, Allison Moorer and Friends; and much more.

THE TCQ&A: “ADELINE ADELINE IS LIKE A CANDY STORE FOR ME”
Shelly Mossey, who has several bike-related businesses downtown, shows us around his greater Tribeca—including where he goes to watch the sunset and which restaurant delivers before he has even finished hanging up the phone.

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/1 roundup: Glass designer James Carpenter gets profiled. Plus: Bouley sells apartment; transit center video rendering; Downtown Dance Factory; SHO Shaun Hergatt; 140 William sold; and Congress fails to pass the 9/11 health bill.
••• 8/2 roundup: Is the Winter Garden staircase’s demolition a foregone conclusion? Plus: Bar Artisanal closes; the Park51 debate continues; a mental-health court coming to 100 Centre; Goldman Sachs’s noisy ferryboats; more.

DEFACING TRIBECA
A photo essay of the street-art faces I’ve spotted around the neighborhood during the past few months.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/1 roundup: Chambers Street construction start date. Plus: A bike-rental deal; updates on two residential buildings being built in Tribeca; and authors Jennifer Egan and Darin Strauss to appear at Pen Parentis event.
••• 8/2 roundup: Bye-bye, chandeliers (see below). Plus: Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally” is on display; La Lumia “skirt event”; Tribeca Treats cookie of the month; and Khushi scrub sale.
••• Congratulations to Jim Smithers, who correctly identified the location of last week’s Where in Tribeca…?

JULY HIGHLIGHTS
Busy month! Birdbath bakery, free MaxDelivery snacks, stroller boot camp, tiny streets, Gwyneth’s apartment….. A hearty thanks to Wickham Boyle, Jolene Howard, Alicia Kachmar, Barry Fidnick, Rebecca Sadek, and Asha Agnish for their help!