NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: CURRENT
Tribeca can now add indoor rowing to its already impressive roster of fitness studios. “Rowing is the best workout you can imagine,” says Current founder Josh Ozeri. “And our machines have been customized to work your core even more.” Take a look around. Plus: First class free for TC readers.
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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Why is the statue of a soldier on a horse at Vesey and Greenwich behind a fence? I’ve noticed it now for a month or so. Will it stay there? I thought that space was for the proposed performing arts center.” —A. The answer: It’ll be galloping to its new home soon….
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SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/28: Bikram Yoga is not opening on Duane. Plus: Citi has started chopping down the trees in its plaza; former pro basketball players are running a winter clinic for kids; Tribeca Meet & Greet is Wednesday; Regent Cocktail Club appears not to be happening in the former Naked Lunch space; a night of pole dancing and poetry.
••• 1/29: Part of the Liberty Street bridge is open. Plus: The Bennett launched brunch; Two Hands signage; most of the top of 12 Warren is revealed; exhibit of ceramics by Cody Hoyt.
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IN THE NEWS
••• 1/28: Monstrous milkshakes (above). Plus: Citigroup exercised its option to buy its Greenwich Street headquarters; more ineptitude from the Cuomo administration regarding its fiefdom; a petition for local representation in Battery Park City; Laura Poitras’s upcoming Whitney show; thieves on bikes steal phone; the Clinton SoulCycle benefit.
••• 1/29: Maxwell’s expands uptown. Plus: Silverstein says the 7 World Trade Center plaza is being replanted because of Sandy flooding; Q&A with Ten Thousand Things; nine conversions below Chambers; FiDi association meeting.
••• 1/31: Battery Park City ditched the Parks Enforcement Patrol—in a secret executive session, naturally. Plus: De Blasio administration cut a deal with the tourism helicopter industry; Mr. Locks gets accused of not existing; Asphalt Green wants to get rid of its kitchen.
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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to James for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to discover the answer.) We’ll play again Friday morning.
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YOU KNOW HOW YOU WANTED ANOTHER CHINESE RESTAURANT AROUND HERE?
You’re getting it.
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