••• Terrible news. “A 42-year-old man was found by his girlfriend lying dead on the blood-smeared floor of his apartment in [New York by Gehry] in the Financial District, sources said. The man, whose identity was not released, showed no obvious signs of trauma when he was found in a 23rd-floor apartment.” Not sure how to reconcile “blood-smeared” with “no obvious signs of trauma.” —DNAinfo

••• “The storm that nearly wiped out all of the South Street Seaport a year ago, hit Jeremy Holin particularly hard. Superstorm Sandy struck all three of the Holin family restaurants-bars.” That’d be Jeremy’s Ale House, Meade’s, and Jeremy’s Ale House East in Freeport, Long Island. —Downtown Express

••• The Wall Street Journal says Citigroup is close to renewing on Greenwich Street, which would certainly be good news for local businesses. “If the lease renewal is completed, Citigroup would consolidate some of its offices at 388-390 Greenwich St. and take up the entirety of the 2.6 million square foot property between North Moore and Beach streets. The deal isn’t final and could still collapse.”

••• Downtown Lunch likes the $10 ramen spacial on Mondays at Zutto.

••• Immaculate Infatuation is no fan of Distilled.

••• Los Angeles magazine has a post about Lucy Liu that says it includes her thoughts “on leaving Tribeca,” but I’ve read the text three times and still see nothing of the sort.

••• The New York Times discovers that J&R no longer takes up most of that block of Park Row. Five months late?

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