NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: ROSA MEXICANO
Unlike other Rosa Mexicano outposts, the Tribeca location—open now for lunch and dinner—has an expanded array of tacos and a downstairs cocktail bar with its own menu. Take a look at the room and the menu.
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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: CITYMD
The CityMD chain of walk-in medical offices has opened a Tribeca outpost on Chambers. Urgent care, which has only recently taken off in New York City, is how much of the rest of the country deals with medical issues when their primary care physician is unavailable and the emergency room is overkill.
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PURE BARRE IS OPENING A TRIBECA STUDIO
Assuming there aren’t other unannounced ones, it’ll be the franchised chain’s seventh Manhattan outpost.
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ANOTHER STORE IS GETTING THE BOOT
We can assume the rent went higher than the company would prefer, given that it has been around for 25 years and seems unlikely to ride off into the sunset for no reason at all.
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SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/26: Huge new Zara is finally unveiled. Plus: Casey Neistat’s social app takes Broadway storefront; something is happening at 74 Leonard; Pumpkin Patch party; food drive to benefit the New York City Rescue Mission.
••• 10/27: More on Duane Reade’s plans. Plus: Tenoverten’s FiDi salon is open; juggling and acrobatic show this weekend; 19 Park Place’s western side; Barclay storefront demolition.
••• 10/28: An alliance of Tribeca businesses. Plus: Rendering for Sixth Avenue mishmash; photo booths in the area (and a very cool exhibit in Williamsburg, above); huge storefront at 100 Barclay; Fulton Center’s first casualty?
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PLANNING A PRIVATE EVENT?
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IN THE NEWS
••• 10/26: Wagner Park under review (above). Plus: Num Pang to open two FiDi locations; Municipal Archives exhibit on Robert Moses’s plan to ruin Tribeca; 65-story tower to be built on Broad; arguing against the World Trade Center performing arts center.
••• 10/27: More additions to the World Trade Center mall roster. Plus: Dogs now allowed at outdoor restaurant seating; 88 Leonard is on the market; the plans for Café Altro Paradiso, Ignacio Mattos’s Soho restaurant.
••• 10/28: The Battery Park City Authority is hiring a private security firm. Plus: “Happy Hour” dance performance; wallet stolen on subway; thievery at Fraunces Tavern.
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A HALLOWEEN SCRAPBOOK
Before the second wave of entitlement-seekers—uh, trick-or-treaters—emerges on Saturday, let’s take a look at the Halloween decorations, from cute to creepy, around Tribeca. Can’t you feel those tiny bony hands on your tender throat?
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