Newsletter: Oct. 22

BakedNosy Neighbor NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Around ten years ago, I purchased personalized sidewalk bricks on Greenwich Street for my two daughters. I’ve since had two more daughters, and I’d love to buy them bricks, too. Do you have any idea who takes the orders now?” —C. The answer.

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Conrad New YorkConrad New York is extending a 15% neighborhood discount to readers of the Tribeca Citizen. Book your stay at Conrad New York for the Thanksgiving season. Use the special booking link: bit.ly/2nvSCBl for 15% savings on rates or dial +1 (888) 370-1936. Sponsored.

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Jane FreemanTRIBECA THEN AND NOW: THE UNKNOWNS (PART 4)
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. (P.S. I suspect the above shot is Staple Street.)

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56 Leonard by Albert LeeSEEN & HEARD
••• 10/18: North End Grill’s last day. Plus: Blue Bottle’s Hudson Square café is open; Sola Lab opens next week; first rendering for the new building at 77 Charlton; a hearing about property tax increases.
••• 10/19: Wisefish Poké has soft-opened. Plus: Big Gay Ice Cream’s permanent Seaport District shop; Hitchcock-inspired window installations; another look at the new building at Washington and Desbrosses; after-school portraits.
••• 10/20: Another Japanese restaurant is opening here. Plus: Funky lighting at 56 Leonard; fancy Japanese barbershop in Soho; new bike pod in FiDi; “Little Shop of Horrors” screening and Q&A with director Frank Oz.

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Stephen Mueller courtesy 205 GalleryIN THE NEWS
••• 10/18: History of a Greenwich Street building. Plus: The former Ritz-Carlton hotel was sold; Stephen Mueller’s “funny, radiant, sexy, quasi-abstractions” (above); Todd Solondz’s play at the Flea.
••• 10/19: Hollywood director’s Tribeca penthouse (with electronic ping-pong scoreboard). Plus: “Fearless Girl” sculpture to go to Europe for a while; largest Royal Navy ship is in town; “Fiddler on the Roof” extended one last time.

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Where in Tribeca...?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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