SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/26: Frenchette is said to be opening soon. Plus: Saturday Greenmarket loses a vendor; Regal Battery Park marquees; sign for chimney cakes; new streetwear store on Broadway.
••• 3/27: Rumored salon on W. Broadway. Plus: Fitness classes at the Flea theater; Howard Street carpet store closing after 33 years; Cowboy Junkies in concert; “C2” shoot.
••• 3/27: IPN’s sidewalk shed is finally down. Plus: The penthouse of the hedge fund manager character on “Billions”; more of the hoist is gone from 3 World Trade Center; “FBI” TV shoot; 1st Precinct Community Council meeting.
••• 3/28: Duane Park storefront for rent. Plus: Mysterious partitioning at two retail spaces; no activity at the Greenwich Street hotel; StreetEasy’s Tribeca joke; signs of life at the Loopy Doopy rooftop bar; Starbucks in the Intergate telecom hotel.

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TRIBECA HEALTH & FITNESS
New owners. New attitude. We look forward to connecting with you. Find us online at our updated website, TribecaGym.com. Independent trainers welcome! $299 introductory personal training packages (4 sessions). Photography by Luba Grosman. Sponsored.

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GALERIE DE CAFE WILL NOT BE REOPENING
The sweet little coffee shop on Warren lasted a year and a half.

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GRAND OPENING SPECIAL STARTS FRIDAY
During the week before our Grand Opening celebration (March 30 through April 6), Fred Astaire Dance Studio Downtown New York will be offering a complimentary first lesson. Sponsored.

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PROTECT OUR SIDEWALKS AND VAULT LIGHTS
The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s proposed streamlining of its processes includes two changes, regarding sidewalks and vault lights, that have major ramifications for Tribeca.

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WEEKEND STREET CONSTRUCTION
How does the Department of Transportation determine the timing for specific projects? Why are some on weekdays, some on weekends, some late at night? I hounded the DOT until I got to speak with Manhattan Borough Commissioner Luis Sanchez.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 3/26: Duane Street’s lost tower (above). Plus: Tribeca family with 18-karat gold bathroom tiles; proposed changes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s process; the former Bush Terminal Building in FiDi.
••• 3/28: Rescued from capsized boat. Plus: Review of the Lymbr stretching studio; school activist wants more diversity; thefts and a mugging; the history of 388 Broadway; new bar on lower Mulberry Street.

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