BPC NORTH: GOLDMAN SACHS’S RETAIL AND RESTAURANT PLANS
A scout reports that the Verdesian building in Battery Park City held an event on Thursday in which details were revealed about Goldman Sachs’s retail plans for its building (right) and for the Conrad Hotel (née the Embassy Suites).

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/21 roundup: Giant bedbug. Plus: The couple behind Liberty Church; Wichcraft updates its menu; knife fight on Front Street.
••• 1/22 roundup: Tribeca hero. Plus: New Amsterdam Market indoors for a weekend; 114 Liberty apartment; $750 worth of Monistat stolen from Duane Reade.

SEEKING PHOTOS OF 1WTC
I’m gathering photos of One World Trade. I know that some of you have views of it from your apartments or offices! Especially those of you who live or work—or live/work—in the taller buildings around here.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/23 roundup: Prime Essentials. Plus: “Baby + Me” lunch special; hot chocolate; art opening at Artisan Lofts; Weather Up Tribeca; Bowlmor’s Tribeca Loft nightclub.
••• Congratulations to Robert Ripps for correctly IDing where last week’s Where in Tribeca…? was shot.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
1. A Small Act screens at the Mercy Corps Action Center: “Chris Mburu was a child living in a village in Kenya when he first received a $15 scholarship from a Swedish woman named Hilde Back. Her humble but steady sponsorship put Chris through school and eventually launched him into Harvard Law […]. Now in her eighties, Hilde meets Chris for the first time […].” (Wednesday)
2. CB1 has organized a town hall meeting with Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers. (Wednesday)
3. This month’s Tribeca Meet & Greet, organized by the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center with refreshments from Frankly Wines and MaxDelivery, will take place at the New York Sports Club on Reade. I’ll be there! (Thursday)
Just four of the highlights from the calendar for this week. More info on these—and the full calendar—is here.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: OPENSPACE
“Our Sufi practice draws us to work that is awe-inspiring, transporting, transformative, and even healing,” says Ameena Meer, co-founder of the new gallery at 9 N. Moore. The inaugural exhibit (including the work at right) is by a photographer named Pipa.

PHOTO SAFARI
This batch includes photos taken on Duane and Reade, as well as at the Visionaire and the World Financial Center. (The one below was tweeted by @TheVisionaire on behalf of the Albanese Organization.)