FIRST IMPRESSIONS: MANHATTA
I almost wish Manhatta didn’t have that view, as amazing as it is. Without the view, Manhatta would be the FiDi restaurant of one’s dreams; with the view, I worry that it’ll be impossible to drop in, and I’d like to eat there often. The full report.

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MAMAN IS OPENING IN NORTHWEST TRIBECA
This will be the Maman’s eighth location, assuming there aren’t other others also in the works.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/23: Remembering Nobu Downtown’s chef. Plus: Lost dog; kids scamming people on Greenwich Street; “designer toy” shop on Broadway; Uber out of bounds; flood-protection test on Canal; Asphalt Green pool clarification.
••• 7/24: Tipping the captain at Il Mulino (above). Plus: The Greenwich Street cobblestone nightmare; is chef John Fraser planning something around here?; update on the building at Washington and Desbrosses; three productions this week.
••• 7/25: More redevelopment in Hudson Square. Plus: Dead branch overhanging a Broadway sidewalk; checking in on the new condo going up at W. Broadway and Warren; street-scrubbing machine; any open-mic nights around here?

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IN THE NEWS
••• 7/23: The crowds waiting for Taylor Swift (above). Plus: Handcuffed thief still at large; Hemlock restaurant is closing; Shinola’s first hotel will open this fall in Detroit; Water Street renovation.
••• 7/24: More on Nonna Beppa. Plus: Local restaurants specializing in natural wines; Two Hands as an example of the Australian café trend.
••• 7/25: Another racially motivated attack. Plus: St. Nicholas National Shrine still needs $75 million; a Tribeca family’s beehive; the tenants displaced by Disney’s Hudson Square plan.

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B DRY BLOW BAR HAS CLOSED
The Leonard Street salon opened in the summer of 2014.

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FIDI’S NEXT LIGHT SHOW
Something festive is in the works for 111 and 115 Broadway, the two buildings directly south of Zuccotti Park. Watch a video of the test.

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