A BLOCK LAID BARE
A northwest Tribeca block is about to be almost entirely torn down. We’ve known this was coming, but it still hurts. Plus: The two buildings left standing (for now).

TRIBECA DELI IS CLOSING
That makes at least five delis or bodegas in the last five years.

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/19: KidZania at the Seaport? Plus: Little Park review (and Evening Bar gripe); Añejo trespasser/vandal; Greenmarket near World Trade Center closes.
••• 1/20: Where’s the money for Lower Manhattan storm protection? Plus: Battery Park City Authority chair accused of conflict of interest; Chopping Block sandwich restaurant opens in FiDi; Taylor Swift, supermarket equestrienne.
••• 1/21: North Cove Marina will be handed over to Brookfield. Plus: Update on L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon at Brookfield Place; New York Academy of Art students “give faces” to unidentified crime victims; Añejo burglar strikes in FiDi; 50 West architect.

$9 MILLION GYM RENOVATION AT 101 WARREN?
That’s $45,000 per unit—and some residents aren’t happy, or so I hear.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/19: The NBA’s temporary tents. Plus: Demolition at Ivy’s Bistro; Kanlo tea shop officially closed; cute cat found; Bareburger report; dogs at Bogardus Park; Puro Chile in Soho has closed.
••• 1/20: Joy Gryson sample sale. Plus: Little Park’s brunch menu; checking in on the Spring Street Salt Shed and the cast-iron inversion on Walker; trading Tribeca for Jersey City; Soho fitness expo; 70s pic [below].
••• 1/21: Adoro Lei pizzeria revisited. Plus: 30 Park Place tops out; White Street debuts Sunday night prix fixe and kids’ playroom at brunch; something up at 66 Leonard?; skate-and-bake benefit for Kerri Pedersen’s family; Boris Bidjan Saberi boutique.