NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: PAUL RUGGERI GYMNASTICS
“Most people want to train Olympians, but it’s important to me that this is about having fun,” says gymnast Paul Ruggeri of his new school. At the same time, there are benefits: “You learn to work hard, to fall on your face in front of other people, and to get up and try again.” Read all about it.

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HELPING STUDENTS FULFILL THEIR POTENTIAL
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THE CITY IS JACKING UP PARKING-METER RATES AROUND HERE
Parking for two hours at a metered space in Tribeca will soon cost 50% more. And it’s much worse below Chambers.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/6: Some of Spring Street Park is open. Plus: Pop-up galleries on Canal Street; Trader Joe’s still isn’t very busy; three shoots, one of which ticked off Greenwich Street residents; Ducati’s flouting of the law.
••• 8/7: Shake Shack unveiled. Plus: The Church Street sinkhole; memorial to killed cyclist; a couple more thoughts on Manhatta; Leave Not One Alive shoot.
••• 8/8: Dig Inn delay. Plus: “Kitchen Trees” in City Hall Park; another L’Arte de Gelato cart; nutritional supplement store and a Japanese barbecue restaurant (above) opening on W. Broadway.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 8/6: Another TD Bank was robbed. Plus: Dead infant found in the East River; sports-themed exhibit at the 9/11 Museum.
••• 8/7: The Tent & Trails building was sold (so we can assume the store isn’t reopening). Plus: More on the pop-up galleries on Canal Street; the fall season at the Schimmel Center; Kathleen Turner Q&A; Harry & Ida’s Luncheonette’s owner on why it closed.
••• 8/8: Nili Lotan’s new showroom. Plus: 111 Murray nears the finish line (above); picnic planners based in Lower Manhattan; pop-up preview of Brooklyn Chop House, opening soon in the former Denny’s space.

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A PRETZEL CHAIN IS OPENING HERE
The Philly Pretzel Factory’s third New York City outpost will be in Tribeca.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“What’s going on at 217 Broadway? Most of the building was vacated in the past two weeks, and work crews are in there nearly 24 hours a day. Interior walls on most floors have been removed. It looks like a total renovation… or they’re tearing it down.” —P. The answer.

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