Newsletter: May 29

I’M HUNGRY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT
A popular Vermont-based brand of pizza restaurants is in talks to open at the southwest corner of Hudson and Canal (right).

ON THE AGENDAS
A likely speakeasy, a restaurant at the Pig N’ Whistle space, a City Hall fuel cell, a replacement for Carmine’s, the Peck Slip school, and more: What CB1 committees will be discussing in June.

YOUR WEEKLY REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Seven sales—five for over $3 million—were reported in the past week.

SOL SHINES
Even one of the cinder-block sculptures in City Hall Park’s Sol LeWitt exhibit looks good. Left: “Juicer” (1978).

IN THE NEWS
••• 5/26: DSK highlights. Plus: Condé Nast commits to 1WTC; Patron of the New interview.
••• 5/27: Street-fair ban (on weekdays, anyway). Plus: P.S. 234 overflow headed to Chinatown; Shake Shack BPC; new head for Hudson River Park Trust; smoking still OK in BPC?; real-estate optimism; River Lofts; Rector Square.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: AMINAH ET LES AMIS
Having spent four years in the World Financial Center, kids’ boutique Aminah et les Amis wanted more weekend traffic, so it moved to Warren Street. Plus: free popcorn!

SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/26: Something’s coming to the Pig N’ Whistle space. Plus: Greenmarket news; 57Reade; who’s putting flowers at the Finn Square sculpture?
••• Congratulations to Jim Smithers for winning* last week’s Where in Tribeca…? And how did he accept the news? By exclaiming “Bow before me, peasants!”

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
New Amsterdam Market, Patrick Swayze, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, and Reese Witherspoon lost in a psychosexual wilderness are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.

PHOTO SAFARI: ANOTHER ONE ESCAPED
This week’s photos were taken on Leonard, Greenwich, Church, W. Broadway, Canal, and Park Place.

 

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