TCQ&A: FRANCESCA KENNEDY
“The online deals at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility are great,” says Francesca Kennedy, founder of the sandal company Ix. “I highly recommend a Korean scrub—you’ll never feel cleaner in your life!” Read the entire TCQ&A.
IN THE NEWS
••• 5/31: Is one burglar behind the rooftop crime wave? Plus: Suicide on Walker; Dance New Amsterdam enters bankruptcy; Hudson & Broad space for sale; trampoline fitness; shopping for salt shakers; subway-stairs accident; Donald Judd’s home.
••• 6/2: Rumored Broadway development moves forward. Plus: Historic Front Street residents given a move-in date; inside the bar at Pier 15; another crappy FiDi hotel; drinking in the harbor.
IS DEAN’S ON THE ROPES?
This month’s Community Board 1 agendas seem to indicate that Dean’s is making way for something new, but sometimes they give the wrong impression. Also up for June: Rooftop addition for stunning 5 Beekman, potential for a cool Seaport bar, Pier 26 update, Tutto Il Giorno, and Brookfield Place restaurant news.
PEACE & LOVE & RESURRECTION
Reports of the café’s death appear to have been greatly exaggerated.
SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/31: Businesses are getting robbed from below. Plus: New Bikram yoga studio?; Matthew Morrison; Live Well Company update; poetry fan Oliver Platt; something coming to the Antique Orange space; Citi Bike report; Sing for Hope piano in Washington Market Park.
••• 6/2: Brunch at the Harrison. Plus: Tribeca Meet & Greet on Thursday; Vietnamese restaurant recommendation; Robert Janz.
WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Red Zephir for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to see the answer.) We’ll play again on Friday morning.
REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were recorded by the city in the past seven days.