NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Why is Bogardus Plaza taking so long? It seems like they tear it up, go underground, cover it up, then tear it up again! So many machines and so many people for such a small space.” —S. The answer.

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THE FUTURE OF TRIBECA CITIZEN
Good news: There has been an extraordinary amount of interest in acquiring Tribeca Citizen, and I hope to have it sorted out by early next week. Stay tuned….

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RUMBLE IS OPENING HERE
The boxing-inspired group fitness classes boast “the best hip hop and mashups bumping through our premium nightclub quality sound system […] and a lighting system that hits you in all the right places.”

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Our Lower Manhattan Community Church family invites yours to join us in a special celebration of this season of hope, joy, and peace. There will be two services, one at our regular time, 10:30 on Sunday morning, December 23, and one on Christmas Eve at 4 p.m. Come for either or both. All are welcome, so bring family and friends. Child care will be provided. If you are traveling this season and can’t join us, we’d love to see you any Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 2 Desbrosses Street between Hudson and Greenwich. Sponsored.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/10: Go caroling with Torly Kid. Plus: Praise for Downtown Florist; an amusing photo; Pen Parentis’s December salon is about food and drink; “MF” shoot.
••• 12/11: The Maharishi store is finally finished. Plus: This Is Gyro is open; work is underway at Max’s future home on W. Broadway; local organization looking for help; pedestrian breakthrough on the Church Street side of the World Trade Center.
••• 12/12: Kori is closed for renovations. Plus: Were the holiday decorations at the 30 Park Place plaza installed correctly (above)?; the Jeff Koons sculpture outside 7 World Trade Center is still gone; Design For Progress Garage Sale at Canal Street Market; “Law & Order: SVU” shoot; sassy cake.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 12/10: Christmas trees are more expensive this year. Plus: Bill de Blasio made a call to save P.S. 150; high-end real estate is a buyer’s market right now; “Fearless Girl” is in its new location; two-story topper on White Street.
••• 12/11: Diner doomed (above). Plus: More on the Tibetan prayer flags at Bogardus Garden; three area restaurants make the New York Times’s Best of 2018 list; city failing small businesses.
••• 12/12: $55 million penthouse sets Tribeca record. Plus: Manhattan Detention Center to triple in size; two robberies at Independence Plaza; what to do with the New Market Building site once the demolition is done.

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QUIZ: DEAD RESTAURANTS (PART 6)
“The thrift-shop finds, wood paneling, and rec-room light fixtures speak less of Latin America than to the 80s and early 90s, when you scavenged at the Goodwill store and your favorite band was from Athens, Ga.” Can you identify these 10 deceased restaurants?

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