Newsletter: May 9

SIDEWALK THINGS
Not sure what else to say about this other than I’ve been obsessing about some of the random “sidewalk things” (as I think of them) around the neighborhood.

WHAT’S THE NAME OF THAT RESTAURANT?
You know, the one that just opened? With the industrial-inspired decor? Don’t just sit there and wonder, use the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide! It’s finally done. By the way, can you guess which one charged me $38 for a lunchtime pasta special (with no warning it’d cost that much)?

YOUR WEEKLY REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Seven sales, from $535,000 (on Franklin!) to $3.8 million.

FROM FUJIAN TO TRIBECA
Kevin Red (left) of Café Jr Sushi Restaurant talks about how life here is different than in China, where he grew up. It’s the fourth Q&A in Anojja Shah’s “I → NY” series.

IN THE NEWS
••• 5/5: 9/11 Memorial names. Plus: Time to stop calling it “Ground Zero”; $64 million lawsuit over mold; farm pests; delays at West Thames Park; CB1 feels left out.
••• 5/6: Obama’s visit. Plus: Needle-swallowing bartender; Don Hill’s may be revived; BPC buildings to burn more cleanly.
••• 5/8: Skylofts penthouse. Somebody pass me $45 million. Plus: Coolest bathtub ever; new BPC buildings to go rental; Landmarc’s Marc Murphy buys on the Upper West Side; “Land of the $800 Stroller”; Kanye West and Jay-Z; Brook Peters.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/5: Another accident at Greenwich and Reade. Plus: Finn Square sculpture debuts; Cinco de Mayo restaurant Epifaneo; wine discount; Juliana Hatfield and Fountains of Wayne among the acts coming to City Winery.
••• 5/8: Burlesque queen. Plus: Whole Foods’ new kids’ play area; Chambers construction update; anyone know a good shoe repair place?
••• Congratulations once more to Jim Smithers for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? He calls the rest of you “Tribecan’ts, which sounds like a dare. We’ll play again Friday at 8 a.m.

PHOTO SAFARI: SHRED HOTLINE
This week’s photos were taken on Reade, Greenwich, W. Broadway, Barclay, Vesey, Duane, and West Street.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
Keanu Reeves, quiet desperation, Robert Wilson, Crash Test Dummies, and the couturier’s couturier are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.

 

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