TRIBECA THEN AND NOW: THE UNKNOWNS (PART 1)
Many of Jane Freeman’s photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I’ve been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in, but please don’t just toss out a guess. (Six have been identified since the post went up.)

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/16: Is Taylor Swift looking to expand her holdings? Plus: Tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Franklin Street subway station; a better look at the sad state of the Cast Iron House penthouse; Tribeca Film Festival dates; tennis activities at Brookfield Place.
••• 8/17: Another store closed at the World Trade Center mall. Plus: Petition against the de Blasio administration’s plan to build a 40-story jail on Worth Street; forthcoming barbershop includes “Dazzler” massages (above); the Kati Roll Company opens today; more shoots.
••• 8/18: Store closure at Brookfield Place. Plus: Attempting to replicate a photo of 111 Murray; tourist bus crowds at West and Chambers; competition to design a better garbage can; half the unknown-location photos from the late 1980s have been identified.
••• 8/19: A new wine bar on Leonard. Plus: Kaffe 1668 South is getting a renovation; construction truck crashes through hollow sidewalk; could the big stage at the Oculus be for the VMAs?; climbing dome at Peck Slip; the entrance to 111 Murray is open (but the sidewalk isn’t).

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IF TRIBECA’S WALLS COULD TALK
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. (Photo of 315 Church circa 1975 by Edmund V. Gillon from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.)

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IN THE NEWS
••• 8/16: The mayor is jamming through his jail plan (rendering above). Plus: Someone bought 1 White; local mall to host the return of the Wigstock drag festival is coming back; new ferry route to the South Bronx; the importance of a free press.
••• 8/17: Tribeca penthouse sells at deep discount. Plus: Inside the Color Factory pop-up; history of the building where L’Angolo is; the stalled Battery Maritime Building conversion gets a new investor; a toast to Raoul’s.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Sonia Stock for correctly identifying last week’s “Where in Tribeca…?” Discover the answer for yourself.

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