ALMOND HAS CLOSED
The Franklin Street restaurant lasted a year and a half.

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BACK TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER MALL
Half of the 87 shops and restaurants confirmed for the Westfield World Trade Center mall already have a location below Houston Street.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/21: Black Lives Matter protest (above). Plus: Yoga for bros; a report on City Vineyard’s soft opening; forecast for the Schnipper’s fast-food restaurant on Church; “Billions” is back again.
••• 7/22: Curb cut construction. Plus: Graffiti Earth temporarily closed; checking in on the Flea’s new building; exterior window shades; City Winery organizing a big music festival in Queens.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 7/21: Daniel Squadron speaks up. Plus: Church Street School’s struggle to find a new home; the plaza outside 50 West and the West Thames pedestrian bridge (above); Justin Bieber’s pleasurable massage.
••• 7/23: Sphere sculpture to be moved to Liberty Park. Plus: Actor Keegan-Michael Key has a home in Tribeca; how actor Denis Leary spends his Sundays; Battery Park City student to represent the U.S. at International Olympiad of Informatics; art dealer Dick Bellamy.

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OPENING SOON
The next two months promise to be exciting around here—lots of stores and restaurants are opening (and that’s not even including the World Trade Center mall on August 16):
••• Saks Fifth Avenue (rendering above)
••• Naturino kids’ shoes
••• Heyday facial spa
••• Schnipper’s burger restaurant
••• Rag & Bone men’s store
••• YogaSpark
••• Alexander and Bonin art gallery

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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 for yourself.

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FIELD TRIP: ICP MUSEUM
At the International Center of Photography’s new museum on the Bowery, where the first show is about privacy and public visibility, the curators really packed in the art. Plus: There’s an outpost of Maman.

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