400 YEARS OF NEW AMSTERDAM
This is a cool program, but even better: the historical image of Fidi that they sent with it! The NYC Department of Records and Information Services will host an online program on Dutch colonial records to mark the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch in New York on Friday, Feb. 2, from 1 to 2p, on Zoom. (On February 2, 1653, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Dutch West India Company issued a charter officially establishing a government structure like those existing in the Netherlands.) Agency staff and historians from the New Amsterdam History Center, the Lower Manhattan Historical Association and cultureNOW will join the discussion. RSVP here.

VINEYARD COMING TO BARCLAY
M. and B. spotted a new something coming to Barclay between Broadway and Church in the Woolworth Building. From M.: “Looks to be called Vineyard, though I’m not sure if it will be a sit down restaurant or fast casual, or even a gourmet market like Amish was — hard to tell.” More soon…

NEW GIFT SHOP ON READE
More soon on this as well, but there’s a new gift shop on Reade between Greenwich and Hudson called — I think — Coming Soon.

FREE FITNESS CLASSES AT ASPHALT GREEN
Asphalt Green is offering free high-intensity interval training classes called Ignite now through March. Participants get a total-body workout in 45 minutes using a variety of equipment including rowers, skiers, weights, and kettlebells. With a maximum of six participants per class, everyone gets personalized attention. See the schedule or sign up here using the code WINTER24.