NEW BUILDING REPORT CARD: 30 PARK PLACE
Is the new condominium/hotel at 30 Park Place better than what preceded it? Does it resemble the renderings at all? Does it add to the neighborhood or detract from it? And what’s up with the filthy vent right near the residential entrance?

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/26: 1910 building marketed as a teardown—see the conceptual renderings for what could replace it. Plus: Broken crane at 565 Broome; peeks inside Tetsu restaurant; reinforcement for the silver blob; North Cove Marina and Rockefeller Park.
••• 6/27: Hoping for an East Tribeca dog run. Plus: New sculpture at Tribeca Park; pole-dancing fitness studio closed; opening date for City Acres market in FiDi; Pegu Club.
••• 6/28: Inside the Woolworth Tower Residences (above). Plus: New veterinary office; Al Gore will be in Tribeca; Citigroup’s façade creeps upward; two film/TV shoots; military flyover today; inactivity at 30 Warren; police placard corruption.

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ARTFLAG HAS LEFT TRIBECA
It was one of the last remaining manufacturing businesses at street level around here.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 6/26: More on the state troopers to be based here. Plus: The story behind the recent Battery Park City representation legislation (including the resident who hired a lobbyist); South Ferry subway station to open imminently; Edward Albee’s art collection to be auctioned.
••• 6/27: Is Bar Works capsizing? Plus: More on Maharishi’s Tribeca store; whining about Whole Foods Tribeca; South Ferry subway station opens today; Battery Park City church appears doomed; Korean barbecue in former steakhouse space; an Albee anecdote.
••• 6/28: Let There Be Neon art (above). Plus: A tribute to the Bottom Line; Heyday is opening a branch on the Upper West Side; people live in FiDi.

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FOOD HALL PLANS WITHDRAWN
The proposal to convert the former American Flatbread space into a two-level food hall with closing hours of 4 a.m. raised the hackles of nearby residents.

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TRIBECA VALENTINE NO. 54
Parking lots are an endangered species in this part of the city, which is a shame—not just because it means fewer parking options and less open space, but because they often have zesty typography.

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