THE HIGH COST OF DISNEY’S MOVE TO HUDSON SQUARE
While Disney’s move might ultimately be good for the burgeoning Hudson Square neighborhood, it will come at a price: Four buildings each over 100 years old will be demolished.

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BUDDHA BAR WILL SHARE ITS SPACE WITH ANOTHER RESTAURANT
The Financial Times called Assunta Madre, which will be on the second floor of 62 Thomas, Rome’s “best seafood restaurant […] a place of pilgrimage for the cognoscenti.”

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/9: Interlude Café is close to opening. Plus: The new sculpture at Tribeca Park is up; Casey Neistat’s confusing signage; “Hotel Nouvet” sign for a shoot; “Jessica Jones” is back; Soho restaurant Mamo is closed due to a fire.
••• 7/10: Japanese pop-up shop. Plus: A peek inside the new-build restaurant on Sixth Ave.; TD Bank backs out of plans for a new Tribeca branch; no more TC totes; sculpture show at Untitled.
••• 7/11: Trader Joe’s is still empty (above). Plus: Papa Kitchen on Church has closed after just two months; more “Jessica Jones” scenery; another “Peanuts” mural; the Governors Island tent camp.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 7/9: Police action on counterfeit peddlers (above). Plus: Q&A with Paul Rudd; 70 Vestry model unit; the state of the estuarium at Pier 26; dispute over DeLury Square in the Seaport; the tented camp on Governors Island.
••• 7/10:  Three stars for Frenchette. Plus: Another Battery Park City rental building will get converted to condos; how to report an idling truck or bus (and get paid for your efforts); work starts on 30-story Greenwich Street building.
••• 7/11: City Winery has 17 months. Plus: The Warren Street Dog Run will gets its sinkhole fixed and is looking for maintenance volunteers; Glam&Go blowout salon opens tomorrow; interview with Houseman’s chef/owner; local thefts.

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THE WALL STREET HUMIDOR HAS CLOSED
The shop/lounge appears to have opened around 1996.

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VALENTINE NO. 63
Standing amid the many birds that nest outside Whole Foods makes me feel like Cinderella.

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THE HISTORY OF TRIBECA, ONE BUILDING AT A TIME
The History of Tribeca Buildings database—compiled from Tom Miller’s posts at Daytonian in Manhattan—now has more than 100 entries, each with the zesty anecdotes you’ve come to expect. Here are six recent additions, including 165 Duane, above.

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