Before I get to the news of the past days, this is an invitation to send me news and updates from wherever you are — here, out east, up north, at your parents, stuck in Morocco, etc. I would love to hear, and your neighbors would too.

Also, if anyone has gotten crafty this past week — found ways to have germfree playdates, started a hobby, helped neighbors, held virtual cocktail hours — fill me in on that too. And be well!

STILL COOKING: LOCAL TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY OPTIONS
A list (in progress) of the neighborhood restaurants delivering or providing takeout menus, including some creative solutions. And a reminder that a gift card purchase can help.

A CAMP FOR THE YOUNG INNOVATOR
Each week at NORY’s summer camp for young innovators, your child will be immersed in an eye-opening theme and take on creative challenges with their peers as a team. The experiential learning program allows your innovator (ages 3-12) to design, find their own solutions to problems, and fail without fear as they develop valuable skills including resiliency, teamwork, and inquisitiveness. Choose from Robots & Science & Entrepreneurship – right here in Tribeca!
Is your child inventive? Creative? A problem solver? If you answered yes to any of these characteristics, NORY’s summer camp is for you. / Sponsored

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SEEN & HEARD
What the crowd *really* looked like at City Vineyard. Plus the fireboat John J. Harvey spends some time in the hood; The Museum of the American Indian is closed.

HOW TO HELP HERE AND AROUND THE CITY
Get news straight from the source, and if you need to take action, there are ways to do it from your couch.

LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE FORCED TO GET CREATIVE
Live streaming dance classes; frozen dinner delivery on Duane; cookie dough by the dozen; virtual facials — and more great ideas to come from local biz.

ONE CASE OF COVID-19 AT THE FIRST PRECINCT
Of the 180 officers at the precinct, 31 are out sick, and half of those have complained of flu-like symptoms.

UPDATE FROM THE MALLS: OPEN BUT QUIET
The malls are open, but about half the stores are shuttered. Le District is open from 9a to 10p, but only from the Liberty Street side.

SEEN & HEARD
Raising funds for Marc Forgione staff. Plus a few lists of binge-worthy TV shows for these times; and ICYMI, yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day.

NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHY THE HORSES AT DUANE PARK?
The equine touches on the fence surrounding Duane Park are a nod to the trough originally installed when the park was designed in the late 1880s.