TASTE OF TRIBECA WILL RETURN THIS SPRING
The 27-year-old Tribeca institution and school fundraiser was forced to take a two-year hiatus for covid.

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SEEN & HEARD
The return of the groundhog: Duane Park will hold its annual celebration of the rodent. Plus improvements to Finn Square need endorsing; Parm may be returning; apply to join CB1.

IT’S RESTAURANT WEEK ALL MONTH!
The annual fixed-price menus are back for the next month. Plus a blood drive in BPC today; an online auction for Soho Photo; a hint at what’s to come at the former Holy Ground.

REMEMBERING A FOUNDER OF HUDSON RIVER PARK
Ed Kirkland’s dedication to the preservation of the Westside and its waterfront extended to Tribeca. He died at 97 having served for three decades on CB4.

NEW KID IN NOLITA: THAI DINER
Celebrated chefs of Uncle Boons opened their third restaurant just before the pandemic; it was the only one to survive.

IN THE NEWS
A lower Lower Manhattan. Plus a new gallery for Walker Street; the art of the jails in peril; 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint.

ORIOR FURNITURE HAS DECAMPED FOR SOHO
Orior is moving to Soho after two years on Harrison, no doubt seeking more foot traffic.

ART IN TRIBECA: KOBRA AT THE WTC
The Brazilian muralist Eduardo Kobra has covered the sheds behind the Oculus beer garden with a tribute to the women of the world.