A FRENCH BISTRO IS OPENING ON CHAMBERS
Racines NY—related to a much-loved Paris bistro/wine bar and with backing from one of the Chambers Street Wines proprietors—is opening on the least-loved block of Chambers. Read all about it (including sample menu).

CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Discussed in Part 1:
—The Chinese restaurant at the Capsouto Frères space (with sample menu).
—Liquor at Anotheroom.
—Coffee and liquor at Maslow 6 Wine Bar (with RBC’s Cora Lambert involved).
—Margaritas at the Bigger Place (which is getting a new name).
—A 24-hour diner across from Tribeca Grand.
—And more.
Discussed in Part 2:
—Bike lanes on Church, W. Broadway, and Varick (including on one block of sidewalk).
—Painting artwork on the asphalt of one block of Franklin.
—Finn Square rethinks.
—Hudson River Park legislation.

SUGGESTION BOX: CITI BIKE
Citi Bike has been up and running for about a month and a half now. Are you using it? Are you liking it? How would you improve it? With video of why cobblestones are a problem and a comment explaining why some seats look like the one at left.

REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were recorded by the city in the past seven days—including 1 White, the building at W. Broadway where Café Clementine used to be.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
No one even tried to guess last week’s Where in Tribeca…? Come on, people! You walk by this all the time!

IN THE NEWS
••• 7/12: 9/11 security screening to end next year. Plus: Forgione’s Laotian restaurant opening soon; Governors Island carousel; Franklin Place sales; Collect Pond’s history; FiDi street style; East River esplanade; 7-Eleven opens.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/12: Making the AT&T Long Lines Building disappear. Plus: The Leonard’s sales office; the Sterling Mason’s blank fence; Otte sale; Bikini Bar artwork; school auction.
••• 7/13: 93 Worth’s topper revealed. Plus: Morton’s and Bill’s Bar & Burger opening in FiDi; Water Street improvements are done; Brookfield Place corridor closed.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA: SPECIAL CELEBRITY EDITION!
All good New Yorkers know they’re not supposed to bother celebrities, but that doesn’t mean they can’t tweet about spotting them out and about.