CATCHING UP WITH: JOAN PANTZER
The owner of Towers Cafeteria, now living in Vermont, shares some stories and photos of the neighborhood institution before it was The Odeon.

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LOCAL BSUINESS UPDATE: GET A HAIRCUT!
The neighborhood’s barber shops, which rely on locals and office workers, are barely getting by with about 20 percent of their usual clients coming through.

THE ROXY OWNER IS THROWING IN TOWEL
Billionaire Leonard Stern’s Hartz Mountain Industries no longer wants to fund the losses at the properties, which have been fixtures in the neighborhood for more than two decades.

FOR YOUR DOWNTOWN VALENTINE
It’s not *just* the thought that counts this year. Shop local. Shop small. Shop quality. Order now for Valentine’s Day 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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BILLY’S BAKERY IS OPEN!
Two words: banana pudding. Plus a mayoral candidate forum on Sunday; Groundhog do-over TODAY from 4 to 6; open house at Church Street School.

FLOWER FLASH HITS TRIBECA
The florist Lewis Miller fills a trash can on West Broadway and White in one of his guerilla-style street art floral arrangements.

IN THE NEWS
Restaurants say 25 percent is a joke, they say; plus Lower Manhattan in 1770; a big sale at 70 Vestry; more on the return of city workers.

WHERE IN TRIBECA?
It’s watching. Where?