Newsletter: May 16

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: AGATHA RUIZ DE LA PRADA
The Spanish designer’s new boutique has opened, and it’s a kick.

YOUR WEEKLY REAL ESTATE REPORT
Seven sales were recorded in the past week, from $825,000 to $5.5 million (both on Franklin). Also: Has StreetEasy given in on the Tribeca East issue?

NEW BATHHOUSE ON ITS WAY
Not that kind of bathhouse, you reprobate.

IN THE NEWS
••• 5/12: More on the bathhouse. Plus: 1WTC glass problem; Irish-American protest; loft peeping; 7 Hubert real estate; Marc Forgione trying to branch out; Imagination Playground; Bruce Weber moving his office here.
••• 5/13: Battery Park windmill. Plus: Harvey Keitel supports our stables; SoulCycle leads a reporter to vomit; good news for Rector Square.
••• 5/15: Is 77 Reade the best building on the block? Plus: A Bloomberg daughter; preschool programs; Seaport Museum.

CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
What was discussed: Converting the NYPD horse stables to a WTC command center (fie!); banning most left turns off Canal Street; the Bogardus Triangle clocktower; liquor license for Jung Sik; street closures for Duane Park events; counterfeit-goods legislation.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/12: Steven Alan sample sale. Plus: Broadway and Franklin; $1 pizza; Downtown CSA; get your portrait in a gallery show; HBO show being shot here.
••• 5/13: Fashion and jewelry sales. Plus: Taste of Tribeca tickets at Whole Foods; Moomah adds tables.
••• 5/14: Speed-hump study. [Snickers.] Plus: New pan-Asian restaurant opens; 55 Warren getting closer; AT&T Wireless Center debuts; a bit of scruffy old Tribeca is at risk.
••• Congratulations to T H Wood for correctly IDing last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll be playing again on Friday at 8 a.m.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
The Steven Alan sample scrum, Taste of Tribeca, Japanese flower arranging, and the fate of the Vanderbilts are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.

PHOTO SAFARI: A TIP FROM MR. ZIP
This week’s photos were taken on Hudson, Broadway, W. Broadway, and Varick.

 

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