LOFT PEEPING: SAMIA HALABY
Brownbook, a Wallpaper-like magazine for the Middle East, visited the Franklin Street loft where abstract artist Samia Halaby has lived and worked since 1976. Take a look around….

IN THE NEWS
••• 12/2: Peck Slip Park. Plus: The lights at Hudson River Park; Battery Park City Authority ditching geothermal system.
••• 12/3: Global marketplace for South Street Seaport. Plus: Jack’s Stir-Brew reopening; Pier A dispute resolved; Hudson flood.
••• 12/4: Really good Italian sandwiches. Plus: When buildings howl; governors Island ferry might no longer be free; American Thread apartment with Keith Haring mural; a new reason to distrust the New York Post.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: THE LOTUS ROOM AT TAMARIND TRIBECA
The fancy Indian restaurant Tamarind Tribeca has turned a private dining room into a lunch and tea spot serving dosas, wraps, vegetable burgers, and more. Here’s a report.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/2: Murray Street mess cleaned up. Plus: Flywheel Sports taking reservations; tree-lighting ceremony at Maxwell’s; Warren Street conversion; 1WTC wailing comments.
••• 12/3: 56 Leonard is shaping up. Plus: 15 Leonard going up fast; The Greek goes Greco-Indian; new light artwork in the Fulton subway station; Gurhan jewelry update; Le Restaurant adds a night; “Where in Tribeca…?” answer.
••• 12/4: Jewelry sale. Plus: François Payard’s new cookbook; last Wednesday Greenmarket till spring; phone store in the Woolworth Building; Pen Parentis’s coming attractions.