FIRST IMPRESSIONS: WHITE STREET
Checking in on the big, buzzy restaurant with Floyd Cardoz at the helm. Plus: A first look at the menu.

WHAT’S REPLACING KUTSHER’S
Another Hamptons import is taking the big Franklin Street space formerly home to Kutsher’s Tribeca. The details.

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A HUGE HAIR SALON IS OPENING ON HUDSON
Besides a 16-chair storefront salon, there will be an education facility with “a lecture theater (complete with 75 cinema seats), a show stage and auditorium, student clinic floor, and several amazing classrooms.” Who and where.

IN THE NEWS
••• 9/22: Fake suicide planned for Teardrop Park. Plus: A review of Shigure; what to do with Battery Park City Authority revenue; climate change sit-in.
••• 9/23: SoulCycle update. Plus: “Tenant or squatter” at Leonard Street building; architect Q&A about loft renovation; reviewing the Hanover Square food carts.
••• 9/24: Saks Fifth Avenue is confirmed. (Saks Off Fifth, too.) Plus: Renderings of the Beekman Hotel and condos; Momofuku Milk Bar opens Soho outpost; Tamid’s new ark; 101 Murray details; Khe-Yo makes Michelin list; the Butterfly’s burger; President Obama coming.

CARINI LANG’S ANNUAL RUG SALE STARTS SOON!
Luxury carpet design company Carini Lang is holding its annual sale on Thursday, Oct. 2, and Friday, October 3, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Discounts range from 25% to 75% off retail. Sizes from 2’ x 3’ to 12’ x 16’ will be available, including oversized carpets and ones from the Graffiti collection. Preview the current inventory (and sale pricing) now at carinilang.com/stock. The sale is sure to be on the design world’s radar, so get there early. Also this year: Carini Lang is including its finely woven cashmere and silk shawls and a selection of African stools. 335 Greenwich (at Jay), carinilang.com. Sponsored.

NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I was wondering what the structure is that these construction men are building on top of 20 Warren? They’ve been working on it for the past couple of days.” —G. The answer (and a neighbor’s concern).

SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/22: New flower store unveiled. Plus: Work finally starting at Greenwich Street rat lot; new gallery on W. Broadway; Ruum kidswear store; Church Street Tavern is indeed open; Kutsher’s Tribeca; outdoor film projection question; “Eye Candy” shoot.
••• 9/23: The simulated suicide was really creepy. [Warning: There’s a more graphic image than the one at left and not everyone appreciated it.] Plus: Park51 ticked off its landlord; new tenant for Nirvana International space?; Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon Levitt filming here; box bonfire on Broadway; 56 Leonard shadow.
••• 9/24: Another deli is closing. Plus: Morsi trattoria has soft-opened; brazen Duane Street topper; 460 Washington appears to have topped out; Loft Tour preview; Reade Street townhouse for sale.

LOFT TOUR PREVIEW #1: FRANKLIN STREET MEGALOFT
The 15th-annual Inside Tribeca Loft Tour, benefiting Friends of Duane Park, is Sunday, Oct. 19. To whet your appetite, the organizers let the media check out a few of the homes. The first is a showstopper 6,500-square-foot loft with karaoke room and a special door for the kids—click here to see tons of photos.