V CAFE HAS CLOSED PERMANENTLY
The restaurant opened in 2003 on Greenwich and Harrison, and has been a neighborhood favorite for these two decades. It’s a big loss.

………………………………..

THE ARCHITECT WHOSE CONVERSIONS
SPARKED THE LOFT MOVEMENT
Joseph Pell Lombardi embraced preservation as a young architect in the 1960s, and as a result, shaped Tribeca and Fidi as we know it today.

NOSY NEIGHBOR UPDATE: 250 CHURCH HAS SOLD
The former office building that runs a full block from Leonard to Franklin will be converted to residential. The same firm has bought 222 Broadway.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: WUNDABAR PILATES
The founder of the West Coast Pilates chain patented her own machine that is a more compact and multi-purpose reformer. This is her 12th studio.

THE JULY 4TH VIEW
Macy’s pyrotechnics launched from the Hudson for the first time in 11 years. The highway and Hudson River Park closed at 3p, with viewing areas open in the Village and Hell’s Kitchen.