42 REASONS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE
There has been a lot of depressing news in the past year, and we likely haven’t heard the last of it, so let’s focus on the positive (for one post, anyway). Here are 42 things—new restaurants, shops, movie theaters, and more—to look forward to in Lower Manhattan.

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WHAT TRIBECANS CARED ABOUT IN 2018
Of the 1,128 posts published on Tribeca Citizen last year, here are the 25 that got read the most.

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THE MOST-COMMENTED POSTS OF 2018
There were 3,561 total comments in 2018. These were the posts that got discussed the most.

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COMMUNITY BOARD 1’S JANUARY AGENDAS
What’s being discussed: booze at the Regal Battery Park Cinemas; exterior renovation for Leonard Street residential conversion; Pace University signage at two subway stops; Seaport Blockhouse bar; new bar on Murray; Church Street pocket park; the changes at Greca; much more. Read the annotated agendas.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/31: Luv Michael’s granola shop (rendering above). Plus: The sorry state of City Hall Park; how to recycle your Christmas tree; renovation of the little building on Walker Street; what’s up with Breads Bakery at the World Trade Center mall?
••• 1/2: Breads Bakery appears to be off. Plus: No news on the Tribeca outpost of Los Tacos No. 1; opening forecast for Luv Michael’s granola kitchen/shop; more of 91 Leonard revealed; Downtown Express is posting online elsewhere.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 12/31: Springbone Kitchen is opening in FiDi. Plus: The Brooklyn Bridge was closed because of pedestrian overcrowding; remembering a razed Battery Park mansion; the last days of Washington Market.
••• 1/2: Exciting new chef at Racines (above). Plus: Bogardus Mansion is back on the market; NY Waterway crew members help thwart a suicide attempt; Church Street Boxing staffer gets into shape; “eco park” at Pier 35 on the East River has partially opened.

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