A NEW PLAN FOR THE AMERICAN FLATBREAD SPACE
“Chefscape is a food incubator company that provides local entrepreneurs an environment to successfully bring their restaurant concepts to market,” emailed co-founder Bella Karakis. “To assist our members, we plan to open a food hall, marketplace and bar.” Read all about it.

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THE FUTURE OF 111 CHURCH
A source in the real-estate industry says that the building is in talks to be sold, and that most people looking at it think it makes the most sense as a teardown.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/27: Nonrefundable reservation deposit at the Greek. Plus: The BMCC pool finally reopens today; Pier 17 advertising lights; midcentury-modern furniture store coming to Crosby; a new kosher steakhouse in FiDi.
••• 8/28: Town hall meeting on jail plan. Plus: LeBron James pop-up on Franklin; secret item on the Battery Park City Authority board meeting agenda; the dome at Peck Slip is an art installation; the grimthorping of 80 Centre; Wigstock tickets start at $95; “Ray Donovan.”
••• 8/29: Dig Inn opening date. Plus: Film crew was told to park in Tribeca even though the shoot was in Battery Park City; the lavender paint job of the FDR Drive (above); 56 Leonard retail space; space shuttle memorabilia in Stuyvesant High School.

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“LONDON’S FAVORITE CELEBRITY FACIALIST” HAS OPENED HERE
Facialist Teresa Tarmey is “behind the lit-from-within glows of Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Naomie Harris, and a gaggle of It Brits too numerous to name,” says Vogue. Her new studio is on Duane.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 8/27: Keegan-Michael Key bought here. Plus: New rendering of Park Row tower; Liberty Island evacuated because of fire; wizardry-themed cocktail class; in praise of Philadelphia pretzels.
••• 8/29: Two assaults. Plus: WeWork said to be close to signing a big lease at 1 World Trade Center; the story of 399 Washington; Tribeca teen is a ball person at the U.S. Open; Yves Saint Laurent beauty pop-up.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I’m wondering about the elevators at the Tribeca Bridge, which have been out of service all summer. I assume it was in prep for the new paint job? That elevator is very useful in crossing the highway safely.” —J. The answer.

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