TCQ&A: “TRIBECA IS LIKE MR. ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD”
Torly Kid’s Carol Adams (right) shows us around her Tribeca—including how she met Will Smith and where she goes for hot pretzels.

IN THE NEWS
••• 5/2: Bin Laden glee. Plus: Conservative pundit in FiDi; California’s lieutenant governor; Holland Tunnel foot chase; the Seaport’s Next Chain Restaurant; City Hall bike path.
••• 5/3: Free cupcakes from L.A. chain Sprinkles. Plus: President Obama to visit the WTC site; Ted Danson; One Rector Park sales report; Edward Burns’s latest film reviewed; Theater Bar cocktail school.
••• 5/4: NYPD stables closing. Plus: Downtown’s tourism and baby boom; Obama coming for 10-year anniversary of 9/11; fashion designer moving office to W. Broadway; Soul Daddy review; new Thai fast food in FiDi; Chef Boyardee’s kin; Sol Le Witt exhibit; hunting artists.

HOTEL NO MORE?
The developer of 87 Chambers is considering making the new building condos. Check out the revised design (left), which has been approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/2: Gravedancer specials. Plus: Tiny’s opening for dinner; Telepan Tribeca’s menu change; park smoking ban on its way; Lloyd Cole and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band playing City Winery (separately); and “America’s Next Great Restaurant” will be…
••• 5/4: Rock ‘n’ roll posters. Plus: Tulip bulb giveaway; mezcal tasting; wine store now sells booze; channeling Dusty Springfield.

A TASTE OF TASTE OF TRIBECA
A preview of what to expect at Taste of Tribeca on May 21. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go take a nap.

12 TWEETS OF TRIBECA
Welcome to Tweebeca. Cuddles!

DO YOU BELIEVE?
“We decided to put sophistication back into magic,” says Duane Park restaurant’s owner Marisa Ferrarin about why she brought in the magician named Marco to perform a weekly show. This video might convert a skeptic….

AN HOUR WITH PAUL LIEBRANDT
Seven things I learned during a screening of A Matter of Taste, the documentary about Corton’s chef in the Tribeca Film Festival. I’m going to try and post a video below. (If it doesn’t work, there’s a good clip—with a lot of swearing—here.)