IVY’S BISTRO APPEARS TO BE CLOSED
In what is certainly a blow for affordable dining in the neighborhood, Ivy’s Bistro seems to have closed. Smith & Mills partners Matt Abramcyk and Akiva Elstein are interested in the space….

YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION JUST TOOK A DEEP BREATH
If wellness is on your list of new year’s resolutions, here’s an idea: private sessions in yoga and Thai yoga massage will help you move through challenges and leave you feeling grounded and centered. Arrange for sessions in your home, apartment building gym, or office, or in a nearby studio. Whether you’re brand new to yoga or looking to deepen your practice and change old patterns, tap into strength, flexibility, mind-body connection, and some you-time. To kickstart 2015, Karen Shelley Yoga is offering Tribeca Citizen readers 20% off their first session. Sponsored.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Andrea for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to learn the answer.) We’ll play again Friday morning.

TRIBECA PIONEER’S TALE
It was 45 years ago this week that John Willenbecher moved into his W. Broadway loft. He writes about what life was like around here back then—when you could assume that anyone you saw out and about on a weekend had to also be an artist.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/2: Scholastic is closing its store. Plus: A sign of progress at Brookfield Place; the gas station that used to be at W. Broadway and Canal; Garrison Keiller limerick about Tribeca; a question about Morgan’s Market; Ernie the cat.

BAREBURGER IS OPEN
Serving a “healthier, even more delicious burger.” Pix and menu, right this way (including an epic side-eye shot).

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/1: World Trade Center bus congestion. Plus: Visiting David Gage String Instrument Repair; two new fashion boutiques in the South Street Seaport; Woolworth Building lobby tours.

WHEN WORDS FAIL: MORE MISSPELLINGS
It’s positively vocabularious!