LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATE: DOWNTOWN DANCE FACTORY
The dance studio has 85 classes running live on Zoom, with hundreds of dancers participating, but summer enrollment could determine its future in the neighborhood.

FREE DAILY TRIVIA & MEET INDUSTRY LEADERS
THROUGH ROCKET CLUB LIVE (for kids 8-14 years old)
Rocket Club, the entrepreneurship & robotics program for kids on Nassau Street, is hosting a free live trivia game for kids 8 to 14 every day at 5PM EST. Rocket Club provides short educational videos to their members who then take part in trivia with topics like autonomous cars, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Each day Rocket Club brings on a special guest who answers members’ questions. Recent special guests include NASA astronauts, the head of Apple Music, founders of well known companies, Forbes 30 Under 30 winners, and Andrew Yang! Winners take home “rocket fuel” that they can trade in for prizes. Sessions are limited in size; sign kids up here. / Sponsored

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WORTH STREET SHOE REPAIR SEEKING HELP
Plus Rocket Club goes online with a free daily trivia game; train one-on-one with the Live Well Company; some words of stregnth from Robert Janz.

STILL WORKING: FARM.ONE
The hydroponic organic farm on Worth Street ordinarily grows rare microgreens to order for Michelin-starred chefs and bartenders; now they are delivering to your home.

NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHY WAS PARK PATH CLOSED?
The route between the Tweed Courthouse and City Hall was locked starting Friday night through the weekend.

COVID-19: MESSAGES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Some street signs seem to have added meaning now, in the era of the pandemic, and there are missives across the neighborhood of both warning and hope. Here are a few.

SEEN & HEARD: RENT A VIOLIN!
David Gage String Instruments is closed, but they can still get a violin to your door; Duane Park says “spread the wealth;” a singalong for kids online.

TULIP EXPLOSION IN WASHINGTON MARKET PARK
For an immediate pick-me-up, I suggest a tour through Washington Market Park, where gardener Richie Haugland has done it again.

A VISUAL HISTORY OF LOWER MANHATTAN
An assemblage of photographs, paintings, renderings and drawings and other images culled from dozens of archives traces the history of the World Trade Center and Fidi.