LOFT PEEPING: ZAK PROFERA
Domino featured the Tribeca one-bedroom of textile designer Zak Profera, who’s not afraid to hang an upside-down floor lamp over his dining table. Take a look around.

BRUNCH AT UNION BAR + KITCHEN
Come to Union Bar + Kitchen for weekend brunch (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and enjoy an entrée and two hours of bottomless Bloody Marys, Mimosas, and Bellinis for only $35. The menu—New American with global influences—offers something for everyone. Highlights include the sirloin burger, eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, the breakfast burrito, and the Morning After Sandwich, a panko-crusted pork cutlet with provolone, egg, hot mustard–infused tonkatsu sauce and pickled ginger. See you this weekend! 300 Spring St. (near Hudson), 646-791-0005; ubknyc.com. Sponsored.

DEAR FELLOW TRIBECANS…
Don’t just live in this neighborhood, urges a local entrepreneur: Support the businesses that help make it special.

IN THE NEWS
••• 2/2: Sheldon Silver’s tries to the courts are reportedly under investigation. Plus: Yet another snide aside about Tribeca by the New York Times; artist and filmmaker (and Tribecan) Larry Rivers; inside the new Marriott Residence Inn near the World Trade Center.

NEW ART FOR TRIBECA PARK
…from Nicholas Holiber, the sculptor whose work is pictured at left. Also on February’s Community Board 1 agendas: A sidewalk bench in front of Laughing Man; Worth Street construction; new Malaysian restaurant; 101 Murray demolition; Brookfield Place restaurants; pay phones.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/3: Gourmet Garage update. Plus: New information about Laight Street truck traffic; Laughing Man’s sidewalk bench to actually involve taking over a parking space; Remix nightclub causing more trouble; Franklin Street loft in 1977.

ON TREND!
Tribeca is getting “a new kind of art fair—a focused fair offering a medium as a conversational catalyst.” The details.