Newsletter: Mar. 19

CHEF MICHAEL WHITE’S NEW RESTAURANT AND BAR
The chef behind Marea and Osteria Morini is coming to Tribeca. It’ll be called the Butterfly, and the food may or may not have Wisconsin overtones.

CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
What else was discussed: More on Maritime (taking over Ivy’s Bistro); the rampaging hordes at the sushi restaurant in Independence Plaza; Tribeca Grand’s sidewalk seating; Smith & Mills rebuff; Tiny’s; Zutto; parking at a new building; and churros.

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RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
Ten sales were reported in the last week, including two in the new building at W. Broadway and N. Moore.

STORE CLOSING
Actually, it’s more accurate to say that the store (left) is moving, but it’s moving so far away that it might as well be closing.

IN THE NEWS
••• 3/15: 6,000-square-foot shoe store. Plus: NYPD overtime for Occupy Wall Street; Seaport rental building; 2 Renwick to be two hotels; soccer-mom-madam lawyer; food truck stolen; artifacts under Fulton Street; Worth Kitchen restaurant.
••• 3/16: Atera opens Tuesday. Plus: Occupy Wall Street; pro wrestler-turned-artist Phillip Thies; “Stunt Lab” gets a rave; Don Hill’s.
••• 3/18: New Temple Court hotel plans. Plus: Sushi of Gari; 161 Hudson; interior designer Thomas Juul-Hansen; Children’s Museum of the Arts; Trinity Church..

COMING UP
John Waters, jazz greats, WPA photos (in color), newspaper towers, art by a former wrestler, and art inspired by Buckminster Fuller.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/16: Meet me at the Loopy Doopy. Plus: The downstairs whiskey bar at Woodrow’s; a Tribeca gallery spins off; the New York Rangers.
••• Last week’s Where in Tribeca…? appears to be a stumper. It’s on a highly traveled block, too…. I’ll post the answer around 5 p.m. today.

12 TWEETS OF TRIBECA
Welcome to TweeBeCa, where even the grocery store can’t get good help.

 

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