CHEF BILL TELEPAN IS OPENING A TRIBECA RESTAURANT
It’ll be called Telepan Local. Also on Community Board 1′s January agendas: a 15-year-old restaurant appears to be closing; Tribeca is getting another Mexican restaurant; a new bar/restaurant on Franklin Street; a new fitness facility on Church; and more.

SHOOFLY’S WINTER SALE IS ON NOW!
Head to Shoofly now for half off children’s shoes, boots, hats, and other selected items. Brands include Naturino, Geox, Camper, Garvalin, Ricosta, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Tsukihoshi, Kickers, Morgan & Milo, and more. 42 Hudson (between Duane and Thomas), 212-406-3270. All sales final. Sponsored.

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/1: Pier 17 evictions. Plus: 55 Hudson “extortion”; 1 West refund trouble; apartment database; Italian sailor leaves Battery Park City.
••• 1/2: City buildings for sale. Plus: 3 World Trade Center is “closer than anyone realizes”; kindergarten waitlist worries; federal asset-forfeiture bonanza; 9/11 volunteers’ burden of proof; City Hall Park schoolyard; Christmas tree arson.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: SHIGURE
Shigure, the new sake bar atop B Flat, is officially open. It specializes in sake (more than 40 types, with hopes of bringing that number to 60), shochu, and beer made in Japan. Also: Japanese tapas.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/2: Peace & Love closed till Spring. Plus: Scaffolding coming down on two lovely buildings; Greenwich Street demolition complete; potential for an old-style sign.

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TRIBECA THEN AND NOW #6
The old-vs.-new comparisons continue with a march up Greenwich, from Beach to Laight to Vestry.