Newsletter: Apr. 10

 

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: BY SUZETTE
Two young Frenchmen have opened By Suzette, a creperie on Chambers, using a grandmother’s recipe and buckwheat flour from Brittany.

ARE PEARL PAINT’S DAYS NUMBERED?
The iconic art supply store’s property is on the market as “a great opportunity for a developer, investor and/or user.”

NOW ACCEPTING PATIENTS: TRIBECA NORTH DENTISTRY
At Tribeca North Dentistry we provide pediatric, orthodontic and general dental services in a warm and friendly environment based on individual needs. After all, healthy teeth lead to happy smiles. Now accepting patients. 78 Laight (at Washington), 212-966-6680. Sponsored.

WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING AT J&R
The mystery is over: J&R is closing as of today so it can “reimagine” its buildings. See the rendering.

BROOKFIELD PLACE LANDS A BAGEL SHOP
And a fancy one, at that. Bad news for Pick A Bagel?

BIG BEER BAR COMING TO SOUTH TRIBECA
Barleycorn will be 8,000 square feet over two floors, with 70 beer lines.

IN THE NEWS
••• 4/7: Another Yorganic. Plus: Woman fights off attacker at subway station; inadvertent time capsule from 1976; the food at Bâtard.
••• 4/8: Double demolition on Park Place. Plus: A backhoe sinks on Hudson; artist Donald Sultan; party pix from the Tribeca Ball.
••• 4/9: Tribeca pregnancy pictorial. Plus: East River ferry crash explanation; Gateway Plaza subsidy; Democratic District Leader accused of plagiarism.

NEW YORK NAUTICAL HAS SET SAIL
But the good news is that it found a new home elsewhere in Tribeca. Its old space on Duane, meanwhile, might be turned into a restaurant….

SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/7: Green glass on City Hall Park? Plus: Racines NY and Juice Press unveil themselves; new gallery opening this week; jazz concert and movie.
••• 4/8: By Suzette creperie has opened. Plus: Debut date (and sneak peek opportunity) for Racines NY; plywood down at 27 Desbrosses; J&R even grimmer than before; 9/11 plaques; magnolia trees.

CONSTRUCTION PORN AT 30 PARK PLACE
Last weekend’s crane installation at the Four Seasons-in-progress made for thrilling photos of the workers riding high in the sky. Thanks again to the wants-to-be-anonymous reader who sent them in!

 

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