FIRST LOOK: BROOKFIELD PLACE
Most of the stores at Brookfield Place, as the World Financial Center is now known, are open. And it looks very nice! Here’s a quick tour.

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LE DISTRICT: A LONG, DEEP LOOK INSIDE
The verdict on Le District’s food will have to wait—the bulk of the food hall/market opens sometime this week—but when it comes to the place’s style? Tens across the board.

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A NEW BOUTIQUE ON LISPENARD
Is the Soho-fication of Lispenard finally going to happen? The new fashion line Foundrae is betting on it.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/26: Tribeca Film Festival “Drive-In” screenings. Plus: Le District opening timeline; tour three Cass Gilbert buildings; Woolworth Building tour deal; Tribeca Family Festival lineup; amazing African structures; two intriguing shows at Taymour Grahne; a “before” shot of Brookfield Place.
••• 3/27: Lispenard hotel mystery. Plus: Grand Banks guys to restore a historic oyster barge; Chambers store for rent; stuntperson rappelling here next week; signage for Amada restaurant at Brookfield Place.
••• 3/28: City tree-planting program is skipping this area. Plus: Incessant beeping from City Hall; AT&T’s refusal to regularly open the Thomas Street plaza; UPS truck behaving badly; northwest Tribeca demolition; China Blue loading dock; three landmarks looking good (above).

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IN THE NEWS
••• 3/26: Menus for the Le District market and its Beaubourg restaurant (above). Plus: Electeds meet with Battery Park City Authority about ignoring locals; more guilty pleas from bikers in 2013 assault; fat pets.
••• 3/27: Battery Park carousel opening in May. Plus: More on the Foundrae boutique coming to Lispenard; hills under construction on Governors Island; Shinola opening huge DUMBO store; Varick tower rendering.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Resident for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again Friday morning—which gives everyone lots of time to work on his/her commenter name.

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