CONSTRUCTION FENCING TO COME DOWN AT 65 FRANKLIN?
The Buildings Department says the developer must restore the public property — ie sidewalks, which have been blocked for years — that surrounds the site on both Franklin and Broadway.

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THE SUN COMES OUT AT PS 234
The sidewalk shed removal has begun and construction will be finished by the end of August. This has been a seven-year process.

SEEN & HEARD
Yoga in City Hall Park. Plus a 7-ton, 36-foot octopus sculpture at WTC; Battle of the (Youth) Bands; Fish Market streetwear pop up on Canal.

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SOHO REP WILL LEAVE WALKER STREET IN JANUARY
The non-profit theater company has been in a black box at 46 Walker for 30 years; the company will share space with Playwrights Horizons.

BEHIND THE ARRESTS AT CITIBANK
An op-ed from climate protestors. Plus playwright Domenica Feraud’s Tribeca; Taylor Swift tour skips Franklin Street; The Campus, Tribeca Gallery District North.

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IN THE NEWS
Hobby Lobby and the Christian nationalist agenda. Plus the making of Gotham Park; King’s College dorm to become a boutique hotel; the legacy of James Kent.

SEEN & HEARD
Oyster celebration at Little Island through next week. Plus snakes on the highway; the sun comes out at PS 234.