••• The Wall Street Journal visits Racines NY, “the most anticipated wine geek restaurant opening for years.”

••• “South Street Seaport developer Howard Hughes Corp. has revealed its plans to transform the exterior of the now-vacant Fulton Market Building, a two-story, square-block-wide structure in the Seaport that is slated to become a multiplex theater and retail complex. The proposal, which calls for adding storefronts with new signage as well as ground-floor lighting on the building’s four sides, needs approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission.” At CB1 Landmarks, however, “Some of the members, however, took exception to what would be an end to the last remnants of the building’s old fish market stalls.” —Tribeca Trib, which has photos of the renderings. (The historical image above is from the defunct Fulton Stall Market’s Facebook page; not sure where it originally came from.)

••• The Wall Street Journal checks out the food scene in Battery Park City—no news here, but the paper does get credit for using the phrase “Goldman Alley.”

••• “At a meeting on Thursday of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s School Overcrowding Task Force, Downtown school advocates and elected officials had the ear of schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña for the first time.  As they had repeatedly spelled out to lower level education officials at these meetings, members of the group ran through dire predictions of severe school overcrowding, and continued the familiar call for new schools.” —Tribeca Trib

••• The New York Times recaps big developments in progress, including 50 West and 30 Park Place.

••• Four hotels designed by Glen & Company are opening in FiDi in coming months. “It really was an underserviced market in terms of hotel rooms,” said founder Glen Coben. —Commercial Observer

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