Newsletter: Nov. 1

Best MarketBEST MARKET HAS CLOSED
The supermarket closed mid-day with no warning. Now that Independence Plaza’s owners have declined to renew the lease for a school and a grocery store, perhaps they’ll tell us what exactly they have planned for the strip.

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Scanlan TheodoreNEW KID ON THE BLOCK: SCANLAN  THEODORE
Women are said to love the Australian brand’s sophistication, timelessness and flexibility—with a change of shoes, an outfit can go from work to the park to dinner. Check out the new Tribeca store.

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BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts CenterThe passion of Tango comes to Tribeca! Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents “Tango Legends” on Saturday, November 17, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 18, at 3 p.m. This spectacular company of dazzling tango dancers will be led by Pablo Sosa and Mariela Maldonado. Coming up in Tribeca PAC’s Family Theater Series is “Pete the Cat” on Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday, November 24, and Sunday, November 25, at 11 a.m. On Tuesday, November 27, at 7:30 p.m, “Scenes Through the Cinema Lens,” a FREE film retrospective, explores the films of Ingmar Bergman. Tribeca PAC is located on 199 Chambers St. (BMCC campus). Sponsored.
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QUIZ: DEAD RESTAURANTS
Can you identify these 10 deceased restaurants, as once described in the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide?

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131-135 Duane renderingIN THE NEWS
••• 10/29: More Chibeca restaurants and bars. Plus: A Thanksgiving menu by Frenchette; new renderings for 77 Greenwich (which will have a school in the base); the exquisite lobby in the AT&T Long Distance Building; Gucci to open art-and-photography bookstore in Soho.
••• 10/31: Community Board 1 voted against honoring cop killed in Iraq. Plus: Duane Street rooftop addition (above); praise for the Palm and Grandaisy; updates on four Park Row buildings; the annoying ad barge; Google considering West Street lease; Tribeca-based skincare line.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 10/29: Remembering a founder of Puffy’s. Plus: A peek inside the bar under construction on Worth Street; Mmuseumm exhibit is now a book (above); eighth shoot in seven-day period; Burger King’s Halloween special.
••• 10/30: Smorgasburg will open in Lower Manhattan. Plus: Cookbook by the chef of Estela and Café Altro Paradiso; cheap fence around 111 Murray; textile art; Pen Parentis’s November literary salon.
••• 10/31: Make a little good happen. Plus: New toy store, Starbucks, and benches at the World Trade Center mall; Laughing Man staff pays tribute to Hugh Jackman; much-needed traffic island installed; painting exhibit.
••• 10/31: Independence Plaza’s statement about Best Market. Plus: Street closure for a private party; actors’ union bake sale to protest Tribeca ad agency; Soho salon hosting a talk about Jane Freeman’s miniatures; Preschool of Sciences update; a cautionary tale.

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