FLOWERS FOR JAY STREET
A floral design studio out of Red Hook has opened in the front of the store at 18 Jay and offers daily deliveries to the neighborhood of exquisite and stylized bouquets.

UNLIMITED CLASSES. ONE MEMBERSHIP.
Visit us on Pier 60 in Chelsea to learn more about our 150,000-square-foot fitness club with luxury locker rooms, an indoor pool, 140+ classes per week and two Hudson River Sundecks.

IN THE NEWS
More on the Memorial Glade. Plus The Times on the Howard Hughes mercury-laden site; 91 Leonard wraps up; a memorial planned in BPC for victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico; a bike storage pod calls it quits.

MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK AT THE ODEON
The A in the cafeteria sign on the Thomas Street side of The Odeon got a new transformer, and that made it seem like a good time to look back at the restaurant’s first incarnation.

PLACARD PARKING ABUSES PUSH RESIDENTS TO EDGE
In a move that was effective commentary without crossing the line to plain-old-gross, residents have left fecal messages on the roof and windshield of permanently parked city-issued cars

IN THE NEWS
Peeks at the new Nobu hotels. Plus, while rents rise in Battery Park City, Gateway tenants organize for rent protections; Manafort’s apartment seized by marshal; Barnes & Noble sold to a hedge fund.

SEEN & HEARD
Open-air recital at Duane Park piano. Plus a hearing on the jail proposal; new spot for java at 1 Liberty; a new vet comes to Reade Street Animal Hospital; Ladybugs to be released and celebrated at Washington Market Park.

STATE INSURANCE FUND BUILDING DESECRATED
The tiled awning that was so remarkable and beautiful has been hacked away. Who knows what they will do next with this building, which is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

TIGER TIGER GETS APPROVAL
The restaurant that originally had plans for the former Bouley space on the corner of Duane and Hudson is now aiming for 105 Hudson – the former Nobu space at Franklin. (See story on website this week.)