Newsletter: July 9

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: TEN THOUSAND THINGS
The new Ten Thousand Things boutique/atelier on Harrison carries more than jewelry, including fragrance, shoes, and exquisite sculpture. “The designs are built around exposing and showcasing the material,” says co-founder Ron Anderson. “We push the natural element to the fore.” Check it out.

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WHO’S TAKING OVER IVY’S
It’s not much of a surprise, because when Ivy’s closed, they told me that they hoped to “do a breakfast lunch and dinner service for all our neighbors in the community that we love so much.”

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THE SORRY STATE OF GREENWICH STREET
The cobblestoned stretch of Greenwich below Canal is bad and getting worse, writes Steve Boyce: “A major depression just south of Vestry is so deep that when heavy trucks hit it, our whole building shudders.”

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IN THE NEWS
••• 7/7: Robert De Niro’s Tribeca. Plus: High-end amenities now include stroller garages and slop sinks; OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder bought in Tribeca for $11 million; “euthanasia road trip” film shooting on Duane; DAIN art; Tribeca Park piano; Battery ticket-hawker gangs.
••• 7/7: Anthropologie comfirms FiDi store (above). Plus: Kid pulled over by cops for not using hand signal while riding a bike; artist poses nude at historical slave sites; no plans to shoot Ghostbusters reboot here; Franklin Street retail condo changes hands.
••• 7/8: Ticker-tape parade on Friday. Plus: Franklin Street gallery leaving Tribeca; legislators re-open the Loft Law; panhandler punches man; what former Atera chef Matthew Lightner is up to now.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/6: A second Ghostbusters emblem (above). Plus: Is 56 Leonard finally getting interesting again?; when “restore and convert” means “tear down”; Citi newsstand has closed; AboCa restaurant recommendation; 111 Murray request; Lispenard conversion.
••• 7/7: Ticker-tape parade for World Cup champs. Plus: New sculpture show in City Hall Park; Gran Morsi chef takes on Bobby Flay; Ivy’s replacement’s hours; Mexican restaurant in a vintage Airstream trailer; film shoot “tonite”; City of Water Day at the Lilac; “Where in Tribeca…?” answer.
••• 7/8: Battery Park City to get its own “Taste of” event. Plus: Montessori of Manhattan expanding its Beach Street campus; Seaport Film & Food Festival; hoping that El Vez Burrito will open on weekends; Park Row storefront renovations.

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SPOTLIGHT: CHAMBERS POTTERY
“At some point, I realized I’m a better host than I am a potter,” says Amanda Mathews, who founded Chambers Pottery on the second floor of 153 Chambers nearly two decades ago. “Just look at the people here—they’re happy.” Read the Q&A.

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