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CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Discussed at last week’s meeting of the CB1 Tribeca Committee: The imminent Warren Street reconstruction project; Apple’s event space on Duane; weekend construction at 24 Leonard condominium (above); expanded outdoor seating at Laughing Man; the loud start of the Five Boro Bike Tour; CB1’s street fair scheduled for Warren; Maxwell’s sidewalk café. Read all about it.
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HUGE NEW TOWER ON CITY HALL PARK
The five-story building at 265 Broadway will be replaced by a 42-story condo/hotel hybrid—and that makes five new residential projects on the perimeter of City Hall Park.
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SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/12: The Four Seasons plaza is nearly done. Plus: Cute façade uncovered at forthcoming Canal Street café; signage for new manicure/blowout salon; checking in on the St. Nicholas National Shrine; child star.
••• 1/13: Chinese food advice. Plus: Proposed storefront replacements for Chambers and Reade; “soft blobs” at Taymour Grahne (above); confirmation of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s closing; Broadway and Walker in 1912.
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IN THE NEWS
••• 1/12: Mike Myers is moving here—not! Plus: The reveal of 14 White has been postponed; blowout salon opens this weekend; sailing club owner accuses new North Cove Marina operator of industrial espionage; art via Argo Electronics on Canal; knife pulled during Duane Reade antacid robbery.
••• 1/13: Could BMCC get developed? Plus: The De Blasio administration has jacked up commercial real estate taxes (and an acclaimed West Village restaurant is closing partly as a result); Cut has Sunday brunch and a lunch deal; when Broadway was Typewriter Row; East River Esplanade logjam cleared.
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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Caroline for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? Click the link to discover the answer.
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FIELD TRIP: THE MET BREUER
Who says you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression? Plus: The Second Avenue Subway.
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