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MEXICAN CHAIN TO OPEN HERE
The Tribeca location will be Los Taco No. 1’s third outpost, after Chelsea Market and Times Square.
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SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/2: Zaitzeff has closed. Plus: A firm opening date for A Summer Day Café; the Dead Rabbit is taking stock of the fire and water damage; Broadway plywood down; reserve a free ride on a fireboat (above).
••• 7/4: Cantor Fitzgerald banners at the Wold Trade Center. Plus: Protesters camping out at Foley Square; Soho Photo competition winners; sample sale at Franklin St. Showroom; more of the likely redevelopment of Zaitzeff’s building.
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IN THE NEWS
••• 7/2: Tribeca Bridge to get repainted for $2.2 million (above). Plus: A visit to the underground farm; students got to Skype with an astronaut about the International Space Station; BMCC president to step down after 23 years.
••• 7/3: Brookfield Place lobby renovation. Plus: New FiDi condos come with yacht rides; Russell Simmons is trying to sell his apartment again; more photos of 3 World Trade Center; Joel Grey on “Fiddler” in Yiddish.
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WISH LIST: 12 BUILDINGS IN TRIBECA
I’ve been fortunate to get inside a lot of wonderful buildings around here, but there are still many that I’m dying to check out. Are you in a position to invite me over?
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