INSIDE THE OCULUS
I finally made it over to the Oculus in the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, and you really must go. It’s an extravagant folly, sure, but even half-open, it’s pretty spectacular—and certainly far more appealing now than when it’ll be lined with mall shops. Here’s how to get inside, when it’s open, and more.

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BUDDHA BAR WANTS TO OPEN IN TRIBECA
And locals are already gearing up for a fight against the 12,500-square-foot restaurant-as-nightclub.

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WARNING SIGNS AT CERCLE ROUGE
The city marshal has taken possession of the restaurant, but there’s hope it will reopen as soon as today.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/14: Best Market’s disappointing delivery zone. Plus: Dwindling stock at American Apparel; Citi’s plaza revamp; demolition in northwest Tribeca; the Tommie hotel on Canal (and its meat-and-three restaurant); Pier 17 is taking shape.
••• 3/15: Accessories pop-up. Plus: Best Made goes to Brazil; acting school on Leonard; the annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour; “Law & Order: SVU” is back again; PS Fabrics closing sale; the entrance to the new building at Washington and Desbrosses.
••• 3/16: Still no progress at Pier 26 restaurant. Plus: Chipotle looks very close to opening; a better look at the Pier 17 structure; yet another WeWork opening in the area; the disintegration of a ballerina; Farinella keeps expanding uptown.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 3/14: Junkyard-inspired playground on Governors Island. Plus: Battery Park City doorman sues building over being asked to work a long shift after dealing with two dead people; antiques dealers vs. 1stdibs; Michael Connolly honored.
••• 3/15: City to roll back crane precautions. Plus: Reconstructing the faces of unidentified murder victims; when 359 Broadway was home to photographer Matthew Brady’s studio; praising Patrick Parrish; the office of Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal.
••• 3/16: Canada Goose is opening a store. Plus: Lower Manhattan reported to have relatively poor air quality; armed robbery at magazine store; Mariah Carey is letting us into her world (above); dogs may now dine outside.

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