NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: THE CANAL PARK INN
There’s a new place to stay in northern Tribeca: The Canal Park Inn, in a landmarked building constructed in 1826.

IN THE NEWS
••• 2/10 roundup: Beekman Tower. Plus: The Blue School; architect in hot water; more details on Goldman Sachs’s plans; filmmaker Richard Kaplan.
••• 2/11 roundup: Halfway house. Plus: Seaport Museum sinking; BPC restaurant closing; Google exec sells penthouse; Peck Slip school update; Kate Betts; Christy Turlington tells it.
••• 2/13 roundup: More Hudson Square. Plus: Artist Laurie Simmons; “Selling New York”; a fashion designer’s favorites; Tiny’s restaurant.

LOFT PEEPING: KAZUMI YOSHIDA
Fabric designer Kazumi Yoshida’s “graphic, colorful, yet eminently serene” apartment is featured in the February/March issue of Elle Décor. If nothing else, it’s proof that we all need more (fake) zebra in our lives.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/10 roundup: WTC town hall. Plus: Fairchild penthouse sale; Prime Essentials feedback; free meatballs; opera for kids; workshops for parents of the gifted.
••• 2/11 roundup: Hudson Square—dreaming big. Plus: Deals on boxing and a spa package; helping Poets House.
••• 2/13 roundup: Gehry views. Plus: Fitness deal; Whole Foods pampering.
••• Congratulations to Cookie for correctly IDing last week’s Where in Tribeca…?

SHADOWLAND
Last fall, I gathered photos of shadows. At the time, they made me think of a parallel world. Looking at them now, I don’t feel that at all, but I do find the shadows almost unbearably lovely—which could be because light is in such short supply these days.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
Tango, short attention spans, Kurt Andersen, and Kevin Bacon are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.