A WALK AROUND THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
Easter Sunday seemed an apt day for a stroll around the long-resurrecting World Trade Center. If you haven’t visited in a while, you’ll be surprised at the sense of place that now exists there. Related: The 1 World Trade Center Observatory opens May 29. Tickets are now being sold.
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POMPANOOSUC MILLS IS CLOSING
The Vermont-based furniture store’s last day is Monday; until then, you’ll find many items on sale.
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NEW KARATE CLASS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS
Karate provides many benefits, including physical fitness, greater confidence, self-defense, and a way to unwind. At Ueshiro Downtown Shorin Ryu Karate Dojo, students learn traditional Okinawan karate—the original form, as it has been practiced for centuries. Through karate training, you can truly develop a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Now is the best time to start. And to make it easier, Ueshiro Downtown has started offering a class on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Tribeca Health & Fitness (107 Chambers). For more information, call 646-745-6172 or visit downtownkaratedojo.com. Sponsored.
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SEEN & HEARD
••• 4/6: Japanese shirtmaker joins Brookfield Place. Plus: New rendering (and construction update) for Peck Slip School; stylish Whisper Editions shop in the South Street Seaport; Ming creative agency to open Peck Slip “store”; a book of life advice from successful people; Fulton tower rendering.
••• 4/7: Hopes languish for Fairway Market. Plus: Conversion to be half condo, half hotel; more on L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon’s plans; work finally to start on new Greenwich Street building; 56 Leonard from a distance.
••• 4/8: Tribeca Pizzeria’s final weeks. Plus: Another diner has closed; Concepts sneaker store appears done; Chick-fil-A shoot; big Hudson rental building update.
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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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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“There’s a space on Lispenard with ‘Untitled’ in the window. Is it a gallery?” —A. The answer.
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IN THE NEWS
••• 4/6: Rabbit hoarder sues Tribeca activist. Plus: Longtime Tribeca artists’ lofts; Salvatore Ferragano opens at Brookfield Place; Park51 aggravates another landlord; 1 World Trade Center observatory.
••• 4/7: Pearl River Mart will close (but maybe reopen below Canal). Plus: Director David Fincher buys in Tribeca; politicians want an African Burial Ground Museum; Le District’s home section; Avignone Chemists.
••• 4/8: H&M might open an outlet store at 4 World Trade Center. Plus: Another megatower likely in FiDi (rendering above); Franklin Street penthouse, storefront approved; opening forecast for the market part of Le District; the Institute of Culinary Education.
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POP-UP: JOHNSON TRADING GALLERY
Through Sunday, the furniture dealer’s “garage sale” will showcase 20th-century pieces and the art of Robert Loughlin—and then, in May, it’ll shift to contemporary designers.
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