ASPHALT GREEN COULD OPEN BY DECEMBER 1
Hallelujah! The Battery Park City Authority and Asphalt Green came to terms on an amended contract.

IN THE NEWS
••• 10/22: Demi Monde defections. Plus: Strolling down Lispenard; Earl’s Court closed for “reno”; Virgin Hotels; artist Nate Lowman.
••• 10/23: “Our lobby was hijacked!” Plus: Au Mandarin to close; Maserati and Iran; Brooklyn Battery Tunnel renamed; World Financial Center rents.
••• 10/24: More info on the Asphalt Green contract changes. Plus: Alleged Hudson River Park rapist claims Four Loko defense; new BPCA president has been to BPC 20 times; Brushstroke to go (sort of); chasing Russell Crowe; World Trade Center antenna; rooftop garden.

TCQ&A: CLAIRE HOLLANDER
“I resisted SoulCycle for ages,” says writer Claire Hollander, whose young adult novel, “Something Right Behind Her,” has just been published. “Now I am a groupie. My older daughter thinks it is the most embarrassing thing about me.” Read the full TCQ&A.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/22: Is Aamanns / Copenhagen finally about to open? Plus: Another Boomerang Toys store; Benares restaurant is close; Loopy Doopy closed till spring; “Golden Boy” and “Elementary”; retail space at Tribeca Summit and on Franklin; Cricketer’s Arms.
••• 10/23: World Financial Center Starbucks is closing. Plus: Historic Franklin Street signage painted over; panda panties; new Spring Street restaurant; “The Carrie Diaries”; Robert Janz.
••• 10/24: More on the World Financial Center restaurants. Plus: 15 Jay getting rehabbed; gallery leaves Tribeca; something happening at 50 Hudson?; special dinner at Mehtaphor; free Beethoven.

NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Do you know what’s going on with the building on Church that houses Sole di Capri, among other tenants? It seems to be undergoing a full renovation.” —J. It sure does.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
Twitter is the gift that just keeps on giving…. And thanks again to Milo Hess for the awesome new Tweebeca logo!