LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATE: HOUSEMAN
Ned Baldwin is cooking for the home kitchen, and will also be starting a pantry option for delivery — all to keep the business alive.

FOR YOUR DOWNTOWN VALENTINE
It’s not *just* the thought that counts this year. Shop local. Shop small. Shop for quality. Order ahead for Valentine’s Day. $25 coupon valid until 1/25 Code “EARLYBLOOMER” at Julia Testa in Soho. Delivery 7 days a week throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and parts of Long Island and Westchester. / Sponsored

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FINDING A VACCINE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
There are several sites in the neighborhood for getting the vaccine if you are eligible, but it will take some patience to make it happen.

THE STREETS WILL NOW BE EVEN QUIETER…
The NYPD cracks down on music at curbside restaurants, plus winter sets in, ending one of the few bright spots during the pandemic.

IN THE NEWS: EMPTY OFFICE TOWERS
Bloomberg engages a company that traces smartphone data to see just who is coming into downtown offices — and who isn’t.

SEEN & HEARD
Get your hands dirty: The Battery is taking volunteers; blood drive TODAY in Battery Park City; Ghislaine Vinas wins designer of year award; CB1 to hear update on White Street jail.

DESIGNER OF INDEPENDENCE PLAZA DIES AT 82
Barry Goldsmith, who escaped the Nazis on foot in 1942, would go on to design IPN and have a hand in the plans for Westway.

NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHY WAS STARBUCKS CLOSED?
Any idea why dozens of Starbucks across the city were mysteriously “temporarily closed” yesterday? Seems like only one of the fifty or so below 14th Street (on Lafayette Street) was open.