SAKS FIFTH AVENUE IS CLOSING ITS WOMEN’S STORE
Apparently, the Brookfield Place store was always a “test concept.” It closes January 5.

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MOVE OVER, DISNEY
Google is building a huge campus in the rapidly changing Hudson Square neighborhood. Rendering by CookFox.

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Our Lower Manhattan Community Church family invites yours to join us in a special celebration of this season of hope, joy, and peace. There will be two services, one at our regular time, 10:30 on Sunday morning, December 23, and one on Christmas Eve at 4 p.m. Come for either or both. All are welcome, so bring family and friends. Child care will be provided. If you are traveling this season and can’t join us, we’d love to see you any Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 2 Desbrosses Street between Hudson and Greenwich. Sponsored.

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TRIBECA THEN & NOW: THE UNKNOWNS (PART 6)
Many of Jane Freeman’s photos from the 1980s and 1990s were taken at locations I’ve been unable to identify. Feel free to weigh in.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/17: Is 56 Leonard’s sculpture ever showing up? Plus: Something called Wheelhouse appears to have taken over the former Consort space; Elevator to the Noir mystery at 60 Hudson; opening date for Brooklyn Game Lab; Philly Pretzel Factory said to still be happening.
••• 12/18: Progress at new Japanese restaurant (above). Plus: How the original La Colombe in Philadelphia is different; new look for MTA buses; activity at Reade Street storefront; glass balcony shattered; “Billions” shoot.
••• 12/19: Still no sign of life at Kori. Plus: Checking in on two new buildings on Greenwich; skateboard pop-up on Duane; did Saks suffer from not putting larger sizes on the sales floor?; “too cold for bullshit” sale; Madewell is open at the mall.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 12/17: Holland Tunnel Christmas decorations to be fixed. Plus: Battery Park City security guards will be able to issue summonses; the Tribeca apartment of Kinder Modern co-founder Lora Appleton; Mamo restaurant on W. Broadway has reopened.
••• 12/18: Residents concerned about 50-story jail tower. Plus: Bill de Blasio stopped by P.S. 150 for a victory lap; William J. Conklin, an architect involved in the initial plan for Battery Park City; a chance to explore Gramercy Park.
••• 12/19: Another gallery joins the art influx. Plus: Thieves attack pet store employee; the FBI had been wiretapping the bike-path terrorist; checking in with Chinatown’s food vendors.

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REFLECTIONS ON THE CITY (VOL. 12)
There’s magic in the way reflected light forms patterns and shapes on city surfaces.

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