CITY WILL PHASE OUT PARKING PLACARDS
In short, the whole system is going digital, paper placards are going away, and the NYPD will no longer have to police its own.

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THE NEWS FROM UP NORTH: 142 WATTS STREET
The sidewalk shed going up around 142 Watts (or 457 Washington) is prepping the building for a conversion from office and multiple dwellings to a single family residence on the second through fifth floor, with a new sixth floor to be used as part of the residence.

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SEEN & HEARD
Feb. 21: Grants for downtown storefronts. Plus Conception Arts show tonight; the mayor will address placard abuse this afternoon; some massing drawings for 86 Warren
Feb. 22: Battery Dance at the Schimmel Center. Plus new works at Art Projects International; a thrift store in the financial district that takes donations; artistry at Balloon Saloon.

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MY PERSONAL POLICE BLOTTER
Who else but a New Yorker could find their tires slashed and their phone stolen out of their hands on the subway in one day?

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WHERE IN TRIBECA?
The third in a series of hopeful messages found around the neighborhood: the pineapple, the symbol of hospitality, welcome and friendship. Or, as my sister learned the hard way, left upside-down in your shopping cart it is the universal symbol of swingers.