NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: HOUSEMAN
When chef Ned Baldwin decided to open his own restaurant, he kept asking himself, “What’s in the restaurant that I want to go to?” Drawing on fifteen years of working and eating in New York City, he came up with Houseman.

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ANOTHER INEXPENSIVE RESTAURANT BOWS OUT
Baluchi’s Indian restaurant has closed. That corner has become far more desirable in the last 12 years—in good part to Whole Foods—and one has to imagine that the rent went up accordingly.

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THE HOME-SHARING SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST
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CAFETERIA IS OUT, SERAFINA IS IN
The Serafina chain of Italian restaurants is taking the entire building at Reade and W. Broadway, including the rooftop (where Cafeteria once planned an outpost).

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THE FILM SHOOT PROBLEM AND THOUGHTS ON HOW TO FIX IT
The issue is not whether these shoots should happen. We simply demand more notice, greater transparency, and some sort of accountability. Plus: Getting productions to donate to local causes.

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COMMUNITY BOARD 1 AGENDAS FOR JULY
What’s being discussed this month: The big hotel being built on Greenwich (above) will have “rooftop features”; a new restaurant in the Ivy’s Bistro space; Keith McNally’s Beekman restaurant; more construction on Leonard; FiDi is getting a Le Pain Quotidien; Atera’s bar; W. Broadway

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A NEW PRE-K FACILITY IN TRIBECA
I hear the city is working on a pre-kindergarten location on W. Broadway.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/29: More Hudson Street closures? (Thanks to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.) Plus: Military flyovers today and tomorrow; possible lead on who’s taking the Ivy’s space; 111 Murray as a vacant lot; Papaya Dog opens in FiDi.
••• 6/30: New mural at Washington Market Park. Plus: More of 290 West revealed; Tara of Tribeca’s liquor-license hearing; new Wyeth outpost to be two floors; Soho’s Taka Taka has closed; update on big new Hudson Square building.
••• 7/1: The removal of the Tribeca Cinemas sign (above) feels like the end of an era. Plus: Trader Joe’s rumored for Hudson Square; Cercle Rouge’s annual Bastille Day party and petanque tournament; two more advertising shoots; northwest Tribeca’s near-vacant lot; Indian food recommendations?

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IN THE NEWS
••• 6/29: “Several thousand units” coming to Hudson Square. Plus: Jennifer Lawrence’s real estate hunt continues; Brookfield Place’s Hermès store; revitalized heliport across the river; Lower Manhattan tax incentives renewed; alleged stalker convicted.
••• 6/30: 100 Franklin gets the go-ahead (above). Plus: Parm’s menu; the Pope’s visit will include the 9/11 Memorial; review of the One World Observatory restaurants; Battery Park City preschool lost a child.
••• 7/1: Update on W. Broadway restaurants. Plus: East River tower appears to be moving forward; a two-headed review of Taryn Toomey’s fitness class; Tribeca Kitchen opens on the Lower East Side; NYPD officers assaulted.

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A NEW BRIDAL SHOP
French designer Delphine Manivet is opening a bridal boutique in Tribeca.

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