EIGHT NEW ENTHUSIASMS
It’s been a while since I gathered together a bunch of things I’m feeling. Let the good vibes roll….

IN THE NEWS
••• 3/22: Occupy Wall Street makes a deposit. Plus: Atera’s basement bar; 77 Reade sale; glass bathroom at 181 Hudson; Brooklyn Bridge noise to get worse.
••• 3/23: 70 Pine could become part hotel. Plus: Kutsher’s lunch counter; feces-tosser arrested; Shibui Spa; law-school suit dismissed; Trinity Church clamps down; new CSA; Hudson River Park Trust.

NEW STORE ON GREENWICH STREET
A new store is opening in the old Gallery Viet Nam space (next to Viet Café), likely within 30 days. Want to know what it is?

SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/22: The lineup for the Tribeca Film Festival’s “Drive-In.” Plus: A clarification about Harry’s Italian; Artists Space Books & Talks; Blue Moon Fish back at the Greenmarket; a comment about Bu & the Duck; Tribeca on Pinterest.
••• 3/25: Loft magic. Plus: The old Bouley Bakery and Market space; new florist; Demi Monde semi-update; a bit of old Tribeca charm erased.
••• Congratulations to Claudine Whitley Williams, who correctly identified last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again Friday at 8 a.m.

THE FLOWERING TREES OF SPRING
They’re starting to peak (if you haven’t noticed already). Some photos.

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
Seven sales were reported in the last week (although that includes one storage room).

COMING UP
Open studios, the Titanic, Isabella Rossellini, a skateboarding contest, Preston Sturges, free outdoor screenings of Jaws and Goonies, Soccer Day, “Twin Peaks” with different music, Buddy Guy and Neko Case, “Daily Show” writers, and more.

PHOTO SAFARI
More photos you’ll never see in a gallery.