TRIBECA THEN AND NOW #4
The latest batch of 1980s-vs.-now comparisons heads north up Hudson, from Ericsson to Laight, with detours to the Holland Tunnel and Broome Street.

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: ROSIE POPE
“Mompreneur” Rosie Pope has opened her Tribeca boutique. The shop is a sort of homecoming for the TV personality, as she used to live at Hudson and Reade.

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF OLD TRIBECA
“Every kid who grew up downtown in the old days remembers riding in freight elevators,” reminisces Gardiner Comfort in an essay. “All the old industrial buildings had them: hand-operated, ancient cages that left the brick shaft walls open and the distant vanishing point of the top floor visible.”

SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/17: Sake bar report. Plus: Battery Park City bar and lounge now open; new UPS Store; more great photos of 1 World Trade Center’s antenna.
••• 12/18: Sandy grants awarded. Plus: Tift Merritt performance; free sauna access for stressful times; door technicians spotted at Food Emporium; World Financial Center’s good deed.
••• 12/19: Pier 40 ball fields open again. Plus: Updates on Collect Pond Park and Federal Plaza; GNC opening in Tribeca; FiDi bubble tea.

START THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT AT DYLAN PRIME
Want to ring in the new in style? Dylan Prime has you covered: The à la carte menu includes 28-day dry-aged prime beef, fresh seafood, and vegetarian options, and there will be a midnight countdown with Piper-Heidsieck Champagne. Or come for the after-dinner celebration in our lounge from 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.; open bar with Champagne toast at midnight ($75 per person). 62 Laight St., 212-334-4783, dylanprime.com. Sponsored.

LOLË IS LEAVING TRIBECA
The fitnesswear brand is looking for more foot traffic. The good news: A business displaced by Sandy is moving into the Hubert Street space.

IN THE NEWS
••• 12/17: Hudson River Park squabble. Plus: Disturbed man on bridge; TED Conferences expands on Hudson; Barbarini’s fate unclear.
••• 12/18: R train expected to be restored. Plus: Pedestrian attacked; inside an ad agency; South Street Seaport Museum reopens; a model’s apartment.
••• 12/19: West Thames Bridge. Now that’s a design! (See below.) Plus: No 9/11-cancer link; World Trade Center PATH service still “weeks away”; Fresh Salt; Ice House record.