Newsletter: Aug. 27

Brookfield PlaceIS AMAZON OPENING A STORE HERE?
What’s new at Brookfield Place and Westfield World Trade Center: Two closings, a clarification about Sant Ambroeus, and a blockbuster rumor.

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Tom Otterness in BPCTHE BEST PUBLIC ART OVER THE YEARS
If the Anish Kapoor sculpture coming to 56 Leonard lives up to its renderings, I think it’ll turn into a symbol of Tribeca. And even though it’s technically private art, it got me thinking of public art over the years—and in particular, the installations that really dazzled.

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ChipotleSEEN & HEARD
••• 8/23: $500 reward for helping cops with a difficult arrest. Plus: The city’s “first tea-themed immersive art pop-up” is coming to Broadway; suggestion sought for sushi-grade fish; “Ray Donovan” set; Department of Buildings launches online map of construction projects; Warren Street reconstruction.
••• 8/24: Chipotle closed for renovations again (above). Plus: Champion’s new Soho store is open; construction update on the Best Western Chibeca; Brookfield Place tennis court; activity at the former Papa Kitchen space.
••• 8/25: The 75 Club appears to be closed. Plus: Chipotle isn’t reopening for at least a month; Maman’s café in Northwest Tribeca will be smaller than assumed; no progress at the Martignetti brothers’ bar at W. Broadway and Canal; former clinic for rent.”
••• 8/26: First glimpse of 91 Leonard. Plus: Is something up with the J. Crew Liquor Store? three trees at Bogardus Plaza to be removed this week; ironic signage at the World Trade Center; “Blue Bloods” shoot.

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Best MarketIN THE NEWS
••• 8/23: Cocaine tonic. Plus: P.S. 234’s new principal; body found in the East River; recent local thefts; dads meet to talk about how to raise boys; the Washington Market Park tennis court.
••• 8/24: Tribecan accused of starving his dog. Plus: Popular sushi restaurant Sugarfish to open on Spring Street; the development of Governors Island; rock singer likes a Tribeca restaurant; storm-resiliency planning; Noted Tribeca’s pork belly lettuce wraps.
••• 8/25: Best Market’s lease is about to end. Plus: The Cortlandt Street subway station on the 1 line looks close to opening (and may not be called Cortlandt Street); an increase in burglaries in Soho; brewery and beer garden to open near Trader Joe’s.

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

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