Newsletter: Jan. 30

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: ANNELORE
“One of my favorite things is to come out and see how a design fits, to see the customer’s reaction,” says Annelore designer Juliana Cho, who just opened a boutique/atelier on Jay. “It makes me a better designer.”

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/26: Deli closing. Plus: Two new nail salons (one in the north, one in the south); Ed Burns; Wichcraft menu changes; making progress at 482 Greenwich.
••• 1/27: Saluggi’s and Sea World. Plus: 22 Desbrosses; Industria Argentina closed for renovation; Battery Park carousel update; Five Franklin Place.
••• 1/28: Store moving to the Upper East Side. Plus: Restaurant appears to be closing; Battery Place Market open on Goldman Alley; the James Nares show.
••• Congratulations to Woodrow’s, which correctly identified last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again on Friday at 8 a.m.

HARD-HAT TOUR: CONRAD NEW YORK
The hotel’s director of sales and marketing, Patrick Roy, took me on a hard-hat tour this week….

COMING UP
Mary Stuart Masterson, Adam Gopnik, David Lynch, a Valentine’s Day soda fountain, Humphrey Bogart, “Daily Show” writers, Graham Parker, and a lot of art.

MOOMAH IS CLOSING
But the brand will live on as a non-profit organization and website.

WOULD YOU CARE TO DANCE?
Congratulations to Downtown Dance Factory students on their performances in the recent demo classes! Now we can start preparing for the big June recitals. Want to join the fun? There’s room: DDF has nearly 10,000 square feet of space in heart of Tribeca, including two brand-new studios. But there isn’t much time: The new semester begins February 3. What are you waiting for? Sponsored by Downtown Dance Factory.

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
Five sales have been reported in the past week.

THE RESTAURANT THAT CAN’T STAND STILL
Stuzzicheria is switching things up yet again—and this time, the name is changing, too.

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/26: Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber bought in Tribeca. Plus: An artist’s home/studio; no parade for 9/11 first responders; Macao Trading Co.’s dumplings; Seaport Museum reopens today; “Margin Call” director/writer J.C. Chandor; P.S. 234 lottery.
••• 1/27: J. Crew’s new men’s store has a name. Plus: LMDC grants; more on a celeb apartment purchase; Moss shuts down; law firm moving into 1WTC; James Nares’s pendulum.
••• 1/29: Pier 40 (and other Hudson River Park troubles). Plus: I.S. 89 principal Ellen Foote; parsing a real-estate sale on Duane; the Seaport bar where Greg Kelly and his accuser drank.

 

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