••• A slideshow of the Hills, the park-within-a-park opening on Governors Island on July 19. —New York Times

••• “Sweetgreen is slated to open at 67 Wall Street down in the Financial District on July 12.” —Eater

••• Coming to 21 Rector: “Sauce & Barrel, a new pizzeria/bar that will offer an ‘Old School Italian American Style Menu with Cocktails.'” —FiDi Fan Page

••• FiDi Fan Page says the Observer‘s video of the Beekman hotel is worth watching, but I can’t get past this rendering, which is of an alternate reality in which two big new buildings aren’t being constructed between the hotel and City Hall Park, obliterating any views it has to the west.