••• From Notify NYC: “Numerous street closures will be in effect throughout Manhattan from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Sunday, 03/17/13, in support of the 2013 New York Road Runners’ NYC Half Marathon. For further information visit here.”

••• The New York Broker tweets that “56 Leonard in Tribeca is already showing 35 units in contract! Are we returning to the times when buildings sold out before completion?”

••• From Pen Parentis: “On Tuesday, April 9 at 7 p.m., the notable author, publisher and editor, Kelly Link, appears at the Pen Parentis Literary Salon in the Andaz Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. Sharing the intimate stage are Oprah.com editor and memoirist, Leigh Newman, and Sarah Gerkensmeyer, who is the 2013 Pen Parentis Writing Fellow and winner of the Autumn House Press prize.”

••• From Brookfield Place (the renaming appears to have taken place): “Next week, March Madness kicks off and Brookfield Place (formerly the World financial Center) will celebrate with four days of live games being broadcast on the Winter Garden’s jumbo screen. In addition, a specially-built court will be opened at Brookfield Place where adults and kids can join in on  pick-up games, fun challenges, and practice clinics for children as young as 3 years-old.” More info.

••• The City Hall Greenmarket is up again.