NEW SCHOOL ANNOUNCED FOR LOWER MANHATTAN
It’ll be in the former Syms Clothing store.

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CALL IT A MEHTAMORPHOSIS
After a period of apparent dormancy, Jehangir Mehta’s restaurant in the Duane Street Hotel, Mehtaphor, is being reborn—but probably not as Mehtaphor.

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CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES (JANUARY 2016)
Public urination and an accusation of racism! Last week’s meeting of the CB1 Tribeca Committee sure had its moments. What was discussed: Gunbae’s contentious request for later closing hours; liquor-license applications for Flinders Lane and Hank’s Juicy Beef (that’s Hank, above); 111 Murray’s ballsy request to start construction earlier on Saturdays; Laughing Man’s Street Seats enclosure; the Raccoon Lodge and Sazón. Read all about it.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/14: Touring the Spring Street Salt Shed. Plus: Nexxus salon on N. Moore is now only for corporate events; in praise of the lighting on some W. Broadway windows; Hudson storefront mystery; lunch at Kaffe 1668 South.
••• 1/15: Local politicians put pressure on Cuomo. Plus: The Greek launches an online Greek grocery; “repositioning” on Broadway; two Fulton Center tenants have opened; Apexart exhibit about expeditions.
••• 1/16: How Racines NY is adapting to a gas leak. Plus: Franklin Street garbage miscreant (above); updated rendering for 70 Vestry; smoke shop for rent; a hawk spotted lunching in Foley Square; updates on City Hall Greenmarket and NewYork-Presbyterian hospital; luggage repair advice?
••• 1/17: Best Market is hiring. Plus: Still no sign of work at the Pier 26 restaurant; free event with Eva Moskowitz of Success Academy charter schools; checking in a two new delis; school overcrowding task force meeting; “Law & Order: SVU” shoot.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 1/14: Saks Fifth Avenue opening forecast. Plus: Sweetgreen to open in FiDi; broken lights for months now at the ball field terrace; Municipal Art Society chairs’ proposal for skyscraper planning review; WeWork’s first dorm (above).
••• 1/15: Opening date for the World Trade Center Oculus. Plus: A thorough explanation of the new FiDi school; must-read article on W. Broadway history; “Luminaries” installation extended; Flinders Lane opening forecast; Danny Meyer in talks to run FiDi event space; pick-up service for unwanted clothing.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Robert Ripps for identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to discover the answer.) We’ll play again Friday morning.

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ANOTHER INEXPENSIVE RESTAURANT IS GONE
You knew it as Hamachi Sushi. Or Okami Sushi. Or Anago Sushi….

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