Newsletter: Apr. 4

NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I’ve been curious about the storefront at 157 Hudson for a while. The windows are papered over, and it seems like there’s construction going on, but the door is never open.” —E.T. See that painting at right?

CONDOLENCES—AND QUESTIONS
Women were hit by a van at Greenwich and Reade. Will the Department of Transportation finally consider breaking its rules and putting a stoplight or stop sign at Duane?

MATCH GAME
Can you match the name and the address of these 10 Tribeca buildings? (Plus: pug photos.)

DON’T FORGET
Last week’s special newsletter had deals, contests, and more from Thalassa (left), Mind Over Matter, Babesta Threads, MaxDelivery, G/K Framing, Worth Street Veterinary Center, Taste of Tribeca, Blueprint Cleanse, and Da Mikele.

IN THE NEWS
••• 3/31 roundup: $20 million sale. Plus: Senior centers spared funding cuts; Early Intervention programs somewhat spared; Brushstroke opening date; Daniel Radcliffe; the River church.
••• 4/1 roundup: 9/11 Memorial welcome plaza on the old Deutsche Bank site. Plus: Don Hill has passed away; Marc Forgione ramp dinner; 1 N. Moore floorplan; budgets slashed at LMDC and LMCCC; Fulton Street Transit Center construction scam. (“Welcome plaza” sounds like a euphemism for a rest stop, doesn’t it?)
••• 4/3 roundup: Mike Dunleavy, your new neighbor. Plus: 9/11 remains; La Colombe “extremist”; new CB1 members; Battery Park sculptures; Hunger Feast; Skyscraper Museum show; Tribeca Film Festival founder Q&A; Patrick Wilson; Good Girls ad agency..

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
Nastassja Kinski, a new menswear shop, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nili Lotan’s sample sale, Anna May Wong (right), and oysters are some of the highlights on this week’s very full agenda.

WANTED: SUMMER INTERN
If you or someone you know wants to get into the media business—or be a writer of any kind—you should consider interning at Tribeca Citizen this summer.

MARCH RECAP
An awful lot happened in greater Tribeca last month, but don’t take my word for it….

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: TACHI GALLERY
Real-estate developer Joe Scarpinito has opened Tachi Gallery (left) in one of his Tribeca buildings, Pearline Soap Factory.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/31 roundup: WFC Greenmarket. Plus: The Harrison’s lunch menu; Sweet Lily deal; Bebel Giberto and David Johansen.
••• 4/3 roundup: Spring! Incontrovertible evidence. Plus: Grown & Sewn’s new store; Nili Lotan sample sale; a benefit thrown by Japanese mothers from the area; Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s signage; Shake Shack BPC is hiring; the best lunch deal in Tribeca?; and fish-and-chips joint closed.
••• Congratulations to Robert Ripps for correctly IDing last week’s Where in Tribeca…? The next one gets posted Friday at 8 a.m.

PHOTO SAFARI: MILKMAID AT WORK!
This week: Photos taken on Reade, Hudson, Greenwich, and Beekman. (The one below is by Joy Garnett.)

 

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