EXCLUSIVE: THE WORLD TRADE CENTER RETAIL FLOOR PLANS
If you find it hard to wrap your head around how you’ll be engaging with the World Trade Center, the floor plans for the five levels of retail, opening in 2015, will be a tremendous help.
••• Part 1: Ground level and the two levels above it
••• Part 2: The two floors below ground, including at the Oculus.
For my money, even more interesting are three rendering videos. They might takes a while to load, but they’re worth it.
••• Video #1: Walking along pedstrian-only Cortlandt Way, from Church Street toward the 9/11 Memorial.
••• Video #2: Entering the retail concourse, going down one level, and heading over to the Oculus.
••• Video #3: Descending two levels. (Love the fake business names. Let’s shop at Brag Bags then have a coffee at Greg!)
••• Video #4: Walking through the new Brookfield Place-WTC passageway (what it’ll look like with stores) and the PATH station.

LEARN TO COOK LIKE A PRO AT ASPHALT GREEN
At Asphalt Green Battery Park City, not only can you learn to cook a delicious meal, you also get to enjoy it. Coming up: Date Night / Southern Comfort on Saturday, Jan. 25, 6-8 p.m. (you and your significant other prepare dishes such as Tex-Mex mac and cheese and seared Cajun ribeye steak) and Easy Entertaining / Super Bowl Party Planning on Thursday, Jan. 30, 7-9 p.m. (the perfect baked chicken wings). Classes are taught by Asphalt Green BPC’s culinary partner, the experts at Great Performances catering. To register, visit asphaltgreenbpc.org/cooking or call 212-298-2930. Asphalt Green is at 212 North End Ave. (between Warren and Murray). Sponsored.

REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: SUPERSTAR GYM
A belated look around the 3,500-square-foot boutique gym in northwest Tribeca, where innovative fitness equipment abounds.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/16: Soup dumplings. Plus: Collect Pond Park update; R 20th Century changes its name; Stillfried Wien gets a sign; pizza dough; Mexican restaurant forecast.
••• 1/17: 1 World Trade Center’s exterior hoist is finally coming down. Plus: Megu’s new neighborhood-friendly lounge; Seaport pop-bar and concert venue; Lenny’s sandwich shop is open.

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

PHOTO SAFARI!
A.k.a. random pictures with snarky captions.

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/16: Progress at El Vez. Plus: Anthony Bourdain market rumored for 3 World Trade Center; model Karolina Kurkova; wallet-snatching suspect; police blotter; designer Anna Coroneo’s Tribeca; FiDi hotel rendering.
••• 1/17: Indoor/outdoor penthouse. Plus: El Vez shooting for April opening; possible “knockout” attack in FiDi; “Tribeca Troubador” Sean Sullivan; Rector bridge elevator still broken; affordable housing as part of Seaport deal?

INTO THE CLOUDS
Last week’s dazzling fog really inspired the photographers out there! I received three from anonymous readers and a big batch from Milo Hess.