JEAN-GEORGES VONGERICHTEN IS COMING TO SAVE THE SEAPORT
The famous chef is planning a seafood-themed marketplace in the Tin Building and a 10,000-square-foot restaurant in Pier 17.

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GOOD NEWS FOR CHICAGOANS
Hank’s Juicy Beef, specializing in “authentic Chicago-style Italian Beef sandwiches,” has chosen Tribeca for its first restaurant.

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STUNNING 3-BEDROOM LOFT OF YOUR DREAMS!
Gorgeous, light-filled residence boasting enormous great room, bamboo flooring and soaring ceilings. 16 windows provide N, E & S exposures. Sprawling 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home, could easily be converted into 4 bedrooms. Washer/dryer, extensive closets, central A/C. The Fulton Condominium offers 24-hour doorman. Located near major transportation and the booming restaurant scene in the Financial District/Seaport. $3.6M. Amy Bergman Bonomi, Stribling & Associates, 917-833-7659, abonomi@stribling.com. Web #13056980. Sponsored.

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NEW BUILDING REPORT CARD: THE READE CHAMBERS
Is the new building at 71 Reade (and 87 Chambers) better than what preceded it? Does it resemble the rendering at all? Does it add to the neighborhood or detract from it?

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/7: Givenchy’s patchwork corrugated-metal arena (above). Plus: Gran Morsi starts serving lunch tomorrow (and redid its private room); Food Emporium hasn’t closed yet; Bar Hugo’s roof decks; ceramic sculptures.
••• 9/8: Shake Shack signage. (Say it five times fast.) Plus: Peck Slip School is looking good; another stretch of World Trade Center sidewalk is open; a new partner for Looie, the restroom app; Pace University vegetable garden.
••• 9/9: Food Emporium update. Plus: More of the tip of 56 Leonard is exposed (above); Houseman now serving weekday lunch; Whole Foods coupon; cops vs. cyclists on Varick; Broadway store appears to be closing; Grandaisy Caprese; Cosmopolitan Hotel’s paint job.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM TAMID: THE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE
Tamid wishes you and your families a very happy Jewish New Year. If there is anything we can do this year to support you or your family, please let us know. Everyone is welcome to participate in our Holiday and shabbat gatherings and our Hebrew School that meets in Tribeca three afternoons each week. tamidnyc.org. Sponsored.

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CHIK-FIL-A IS COMING TO FIDI
The fast-food chain’s restaurant will be three stories and have rooftop seating.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 9/8: Amada opening forecast. Plus: Alexander Wang may move his company to FiDi; how Houseman avoids being noisy; sailing lessons off Pier 25; another tourist arrested for climbing the Brooklyn Bridge; why the city should absorb Battery Park City.
••• 9/9: The final design for the 456 Greenwich hotel (above). Plus: Ignacio Mattos opening an all-day Italian restaurant at Spring and Sixth; Harold’s Meat & Three will be the restaurant at the Tommie Hotel; an aversion to Evacuation Day; the history of Washington Market Park; Pier 17 event rendering; progress at St. Nicholas church.

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MEMORIES OF OLD TRIBECA RESTAURANTS
On Labor Day, I was dusting the big bowl filled with matchbooks from our years of restaurant-going—no, really, I had a great weekend—when I realized you might enjoy seeing the ones from defunct Tribeca establishments. And then I moved onto the bowl of business cards…. Here’s what I found.

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