CB1 SAYS NO TO WHITE STREET JAIL PROPOSAL
Too big, too vague and too unfair: CB1 layouts out a good dozen reasons why the city’s plan to decentralize and close Riker’s is not fully formed enough to get its support.

LAUGHING MAN TO EXPAND INTO NEXT-DOOR SPACE
Laughing Man, the diminutive coffee shop on the south side of Duane Street at Greenwich that opened in 2011, is expanding into the space next door.

IN THE NEWS
New gallery on Franklin. Plus a high-tech plan for protecting downtown from flooding: sandbags; a negative review for Au Cheval; evaluating affordability in Battery Park City; Airbnb gets into the hotel business.

SEEN & HEARD
Before it was the Odeon…. Plus Solidcore coming to Soho; the light comes out on Chambers; flying cement on Park Place; some life-sized hot wheels at Brookfield.

NEW JEAN-GEORGES RESTAURANT OPENS AT P17
Vongerichten has opened a new seafood restaurant – his first – called The Fulton, located at Pier 17. The chef now has 36 restaurants across the globe.

IN THE NEWS
The Oculus has a leak. Plus a quick interview with Larry Silverstein on attracting commercial tenants to Fidi; the ugly LED billboard floats on; new feathered tenants for Water Street.

NEW KID: NOVA FITNESS
A new fitness studio on Leonard uses electrical muscle stimulation and suits fitted with electrodes to enhance personal training workouts and a range of classes.