Newsletter: Nov. 4

TRIBECA IS GETTING A MEXICAN RESTAURANT
Former “Top Chef” contestant Angelo Sosa is opening a branch of his popular “tequileria” Añejo down here.

COMMUNITY BOARD 1’S NOVEMBER AGENDAS
To be discussed at CB1 meetings this month: The new building proposed for 100 Franklin (right); the city’s plans to move a probation office to FiDi; Sazón wants to loosen up its liquor license; the hotel at 5 Beekman; beer and wine at Baked; fitness on Broadway; Planet Fitness on Canal; Park Place pub; lefty hangout.

REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Who’s buying where, from whom—and for how much.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: TABLAO
The new Spanish restaurant Tablao is among the most designed establishments in the area—from the wall of mirrors to the colored LEDs to the trompe l’oeil bedazzled lizard wallpaper.

IN THE NEWS
••• 10/31: De Blasio transition event. Plus: Broadway buildings to get converted; more on St. Nicholas Church; Battery Park City’s post-Sandy review; NYC Police Museum’s temporary home; Verizon’s flood wall; FiDi man attacked by guy with big stick.
••• 11/1: Your future cupolas await. Plus: Planting for extreme weather; Broadway building nearly sold (and condo plans up in the air); graphic designer Richard Hollis exhibit.
••• 11/3: Superego extraordinaire. Plus: Fashion party; rampant iPhone snatching; no fence for Washington Market Park’s lawn; Arianna Huffington.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to J Allen for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (click the link to learn the answer). We’ll play again Friday morning.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/31: Ghostbusters sign. Plus: Another CB1 meeting about 100 Franklin; more construction on Leonard?; jewelry store closing; Woolworth Building penthouses approved; 66 Leonard restaurant update.
••• 11/1: Jenga fever at 12-14 Warren. Plus: Lyons Den Power Yoga opening date; legislation to deal with counterfeit goods; fake Banksy?
••• 11/2: Peck Slip School construction. Plus: Halloween candy drive at Torly Kid; Tirbeca Meet & Greet at Manhattan Books; ballot proposal recommendations; new vegetable.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
Can you believe what @soandso tweeted about Tribeca?

LOFT PEEPING: JULIE & ERIC RONNING
Tribeca’s own Ghislaine Viñas is back with a Tribeca project in Interior Design magazine. It has her signature wit and whimsy, but the palette tends toward black-and-white.

 

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