••• Beyoncé and Jay-Z had lunch this past weekend at Locanda Verde and the Internet is very excited about it. Anyway, she looks great. (Pop Sugar)

••• New New York Ranger Brad Richards is indeed living in Tribeca, or at least “down by” it. (New York)

••• Manhattan Loft Guy on a mysterious apartment sale at 14 Jay.

••• “Tribeca’s infamous stalled site at 5 Franklin Place hit the auction block today, with one of the lenders, controlled by Israeli property firm Fishman Holdings, paying “slightly less” than the mortgage lien of $47 million for the 18,747-square-foot property. With Ben van Berkel’s big, black, and bendy vision relegated to the dustbin of history, here’s what we do know: luxury condos! What we don’t know: the building height, number of units, or when construction will be jumpstarted.” (Curbed)

••• “The first responders who risked their lives on 9/11 deserve a ticker-tape parade through lower Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes, advocates said this week.” (DNAinfo)