Newsletter: Apr. 23

TCQ&A: MARIE-JOELLE PARENT
“I was exchanging tweets with a guy for months when I saw his name on one of the New York Times in the lobby,” says news correspondent Marie-Joelle Parent. “We lived in the same building without knowing.” Read the full TCQ&A.

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
Ten sales were recorded in the past week—including six at 77 Reade.

IN THE NEWS
••• 4/19: Lispenard project OKed by Landmarks Preservation Commission. Plus: More on proposed Pier 17; Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany; Hudson River Park funding; vitriol.
••• 4/22: Visionaire roof garden. Plus: N. Moore St.; Battery Park City actress; 100 Hudson; Occupy Wall Street arrests; Lotus Blue; 222 Broadway sold.

I PUT A MISSPELL ON YOU
Certain errors are more noteworthy than others—when a new, funny-sounding word is created; when the wrong word is used; when a business misspells its own name…. Here’s a photo essay of recent favorites.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/20: Another restaurant is on the market. Plus: Chipotle confirmed; Greenmarket update (including clothing donations); Long Tall Sally pop-up; Tribeca Open Artists Studio Tour; construction meeting; 50 Varick.
••• 4/22: Happy Earth Day! Plus: Chambers Street construction meeting; Cosmopolitan Café auction and sale; Damon Dash’s vintage shop.
••• No one has guessed Where in Tribeca…? yet. (And I thought it as pretty easy.) I’ll reveal the answer at 5 p.m. today….

COMING UP
Artists’ studios, Occupy Wall Street “teach-in,” Kenny Loggins, Johnny Clegg, juried art show, a meeting about construction noise, new plays.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
Thanks to Twitter, no celebrity seen walking the non-proverbial streets shall go unreported!

 

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