••• The New York Post‘s dining preview says that Brookfield Place’s Le District will open in late March—its Beaubourg resturant had been said to be opening earlier, but I guess that changed—and Eataly will open in the summer (in 4WTC).

••• The New York Post liked Little Park.

••• A report on last night’s town hall about North Cove Marina. —Broadsheet

••• Unsurprisingly, Crain’s is pro–Seaport development—although some of its conclusions seem to have been pulled from thin air: “It’s a heartening sign that organic support from community residents for the project coalesced into an effective organization called Friends of the Seaport. The group countered the hysterics of the NIMBYists and gave voice to the prevailing sentiment among lower Manhattan’s many new families that the basic premise of the plan is sound: The residential tower will generate revenue to fund an impressive array of public benefits at no cost to taxpayers.”