KIDS SKIP SCHOOL, TAKE TO THE STREETS, GET LOUD
The city estimated that 60,000 kids — and some adults — took to local streets on Friday to get world leaders to wake up and smell the warming planet.

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HOMELESS IN TRIBECA: “MORE DIGITS”
There’s no doubt that the number of homeless people on the streets of Tribeca has increased, though experts can’t say why. It can only be linked to the bigger city problem, pinned ultimately to the cost of housing.

THE SWEDISH COFFEE SPOT FIKA HAS CLOSED
Fika, the Swedish coffee and chocolate shop at Washington and Desbrosses, has closed for good; the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a year ago.

DREAM DATE: NEW HUDSON SQUARE ART WALK
Five new murals and installations down Varick make up an art walk in Hudson Square starting at Houston and ending at Canal. Throw in another on Hudson and you have a date.

THAI SLIDERS OPENING A NEW OUTLET IN FIDI
In the eternal hunt for good Thai food downtown, a new win: an outpost of Thai Sliders is coming back, this time to Cliff Street.

SEEN & HEARD
Hudson River Park gala at Battery ferry terminal. Plus Battery Park City schools will host their annual fun run 4 knowledge; Tunnel To Towers run is this Sunday; there will be bluegrass on the grass in WMP.

A FRENCH DINER WILL COME TO THE BAKED SPACE
Ed Koch’s former chef at Gracie — Mitchel London — will open (with partners) a new French diner at the former Baked space, on Church at White.

IN THE NEWS
The Oculus has $200,000 worth of leaks. Plus how to get skin like Julianne Moore; Battery Park City was once a wheat field; Egg Collective is one to watch; District 2 council says keep gifted and talented programs.