HAPPY HOUR: 23 DEALS ON DRINKS AND FOOD IN GREATER TRIBECA
Why are you working so hard? It’s summer! Take off early and have a drink at one of your favorite neighborhood establishments.

ANOTHER PIZZA JOINT HAS CLOSED
Could the entire building be getting developed? Given the trend of things on the southeastern stretch of Church, it would hardly come as a shock.

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/11: Church Street building to be demolished—with eight businesses closing by October. Plus: Firefighters rescue men from 21st floor of Ted Weiss Federal Building; checking in on Secondhand Rose
••• 8/12: The artists behind the Brooklyn Bridge flag stunt. Plus: Redevelopment of Chambers lot looks to be starting up; Bâtard review.
••• 8/13: The Pearl Paint buildings have been sold. Plus: Big new Broadway development; Tweed Courthouse’s history; local contender for “Hottest Trainer”; condo building to go up next to the Holland Tunnel’s mouth; El Vez review.

NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Do you have any idea why a tent is being erected at Varick and Canal? Since Monday, construction has been going on at a fast pace. The temporary structures are different than those constructed for Talking Transition for last fall’s election. I actually went by the site yesterday and asked some of the workers, but they wouldn’t say.” —P. A bit of research led to an educated guess….

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/11: Fairway Market forecast. Plus: Bubby’s cow still missing; new 67 Vestry building to incorporate a neighbor; concerts outside 7 World Trade Center; Jungsik’s bad luck.
••• 8/12: The Flea is starting on its new theater (right, in case you couldn’t tell). Plus: Inside a smoke-ravaged IPN hallway; WTC Transportation Hub; Spin Ceramics; European Wax Center; Pen Parentis literary salon; corner deli revamp; filmmakers’ post-production facility now on Desbrosses.
••• 8/13: New flower shop. Plus: Response to IPN fire; Cortlandt Way’s short-lived opening; 93 Worth’s appealing topper; more dead trees (and some new ones); “Bluff” shoot; big regatta this weekend; demolition on Park Place; Patriot renovation.

VALENTINE NO. 37
Our daily bread.