TRIBECA IS GETTING AN “AMERICAN EATALY”
Howard Johnson has plans for a “heritage American food hall” in the soon-to-be-former Canal Street post office—and a 14-story hotel on top. Read all the gory details.

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FIRST LOOK: CITIGROUP’S NEW HEADQUARTERS
Citigroup is going to spend five years and a lot of money on glass to make its two buildings on Greenwich Street feel like a world-class mothership. Take a peek at the renderings—including one of the roof deck.

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EASTER BRUNCH AT UNION BAR + KITCHEN
Come to Union Bar + Kitchen this weekend for 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.

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NEW YORK SPORTS CLUB IS CLOSING
Members are mad as hell or ready to dance on its grave, depending. P.S. Anyone know what’s taking its place? That space is huge.

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A DUANE READE IS CLOSING
Shelves are being emptied out, and the pharmacy has already shuttered. Plus: The rumored new tenant.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/30: Maison Kayser opening forecast. Plus: AT&T Long Lines plaza used for parking (above); Duane Reade gets a new storefront; Imperial Coffee House’s temporary closing (and likely fate); cork recycling.
••• 3/31: Le District’s full opening is delayed. Plus: Modell’s sporting goods rumor; Boomerang Toys Easter egg hunt; inside the Jungwon raincoat pop-up; new FiDi hotel’s façade lights up like a clock; Underground Railroad tour; Good Stock soup.
••• 4/1: Beaubourg restaurant is now open—but most of Le District is not. Plus: Cobblestones get scalped by bike path (above); Babesta’s bandanna bibs; North End Grill winemaker dinners; Il Lee’s prints; 39 White restoration.

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COMMUNITY BOARD 1’S APRIL AGENDAS
There’s not a whole lot of excitement: Battery Park City’s Chipotle, Amada restaurant at Brookfield Place, the Peck Slip boutique hotel, cabaret license for Haus, mysterious Front Street liquor license….

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IN THE NEWS
••• 3/30: More on “Soft Spin” (above). Plus: Landscape designer Signe Nielsen; rendering for 27-story Stone Street hotel; 50 West’s grand restaurant plans; a Battery Park City family’s neighborhood app; Industry Kitchen to open on East River; the Flea’s new artistic director.
••• 3/31: Harvey Weinstein accused of Tribeca grope. Plus: $104 million and ten years to fix Pier 40; Battery Park City mail facility to close; 40 Worth storefront play; tax relief for yacht owners.
••• 4/1: Three years’ data on film shoots. Plus: Downtown services lag behind population growth; female impersonators attempt theft; White Street renovations; West and Chambers in 1936; midcentury Jewish designers; Planned Parenthood moving to FiDi; teenagers attack newsstand owner; Seaport tower.

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A LITTLE ART DECO RAZZLE-DAZZLE TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY
Photos of the under-conversion Ralph Walker building at 100 Barclay: the gorgeous lobby and a rendering of the dramatic roof terrace.

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