NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: UNION BAR + KITCHEN
Battery Park City resident Jonathan Renert left the financial world to realize his dream of opening a restaurant. “If my kids don’t see me having fun, how will they know what it is?” Take a look at Union Bar + Kitchen, now serving lunch and dinner (and brucnh as of this weekend).

EVENING OF ART :: DeROSE METHOD TRIBECA :: ANTÓNIO CRISTOVÃO
We would love to invite you to our Evening of Art at DeRose Method TriBeCa (55 Murray St.) on June 10th from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This event will showcase art of António Cristovão, a Lisbon-based painter who will present “Women in NYC.” You can learn more about him at cristovaofoundation.com. Join us to celebrate his work and other works from our contributors. Please RSVP via our Facebook page. Sponsored.

THE STEVEN ALAN HOME SHOP IS LEAVING TRIBECA
Paging Uber….

ATTACK OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS!
I saw my first drone the other day—it looked like a giant robotic tick, and it freaked me out in the best possible way. (It also probably means that Church Street is getting yet another big building.)

IN THE NEWS
••• 6/2: Nine-story penthouse atop the Woolworth Building. (Yours for $110 million.) Plus: Haus nightclub to have three levels; skeevy, sad sex club might move to FiDi.
••• 6/3: Superstorm protection. Plus: The Harrison’s Jimmy Bradley; 67 Vestry (and its developer Aby Rosen); 9/11 Museum curators; Stitched Tribeca carries on; “Night at the Museums”; new FiDi gym.

SNEAK PEEK INSIDE THE FULTON CENTER
The front entrance to the subway station is open—but more exciting, you can see through the windows into the main hall, where the curviness is.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/2: B Dry Blow Bar is open. [Update: Or maybe not.] Plus: TD Bank rendering; Laughing Man hiatus; “Frozen” open house; 11 Beach; welcome back, Peck Slip; Hudson Eats hours; Il Mulino Prime steakhouse. Update: Laughing Man not on hiatus; B Dry not open yet.
••• 6/3: Exceed Physical Culture opens next week. Plus: Checking in at North End Grill; construction kitten update; Franklin Place cantilever; Federal Plaza water feature; Global Beat Festival giveaway; Bogardus Plaza popularity; liquor store’s new home.
••• 6/4: Hudson Eats elevator access. Plus: World Trade Center transportation hub has many more quills; more “construction kittens”; new garden celebrating immigration; 19 Park Place’s “rear-yard equivalent” and a neighboring tree.

LOFT PEEPING: SOUTH TRIBECA FAMILY
Dwell featured the Tribeca residence of an unnamed family with three kids, as redone by Matthew Miller of StudioLAB. Take a look around.