Newsletter: July 11

THROUGH MILO’S EYES, PART 2
Another batch of wonderful photographs from Tribeca resident Milo Hess.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK
A ton of great stuff is appening this week, including a “genius grant” juggler, the incomparable Patti Smith, Summer Lovers, a re-imagining of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland, a swing-dance party, Bastille Day fête, Sherlock Holmes, a human fountain, comedy flash mob, and more.

VALENTINES NO. 2 AND 3
There are a lot of reasons to love Tribeca, so I figured I’d occasionally point them out: No. 2 and No. 3.

IN THE NEWS
••• 7/7: No lions for library—bureaucracy triumphs again! Plus: Hope for neglected 12 Warren; lunch at Duane Reade, Korean kiosk; Deutsche Bank fire acquittal; Moran’s and Wall Street Burger Shoppe closing; WFC mall closings; corporate support for Vesey crosswalk; hotel site sold; P.S. 234 preps for 9/11.
••• 7/8: 9/11 Memorial tickets—reserve your spot starting today. Plus: The revised design for 452 Greenwich; more on the closing of Moran’s; Financier opens another branch; Albert Trummer and a Buddhist nun reject unrelated plea deals.
••• 7/10: 50 West skyscraper. Plus: Building about to collapse?; 9/11 anxiety hotline; Safe Horizon philanthropist; FiDi stats; clay art; W Downtown steal.

12 TWEETS OF TRIBECA
Welcome to TweeBeCa, where la nounou est fastidieux. On prend un autre verre?

TRIBECA SALES REPORT
Twelve new sales were reported in the past week, including three in one building.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 7/7: Support locally owned businesses at the WFC mall. Plus: Fatty Snack report; Duane Park dance party; new Ranger rumored to be househunting here; State Senator Daniel Squadron to pay a visit; New York Dolls; Tribeca Greenmarket report; Asphalt Green BPC.
••• 7/8: Parents at a downtown school shocked kids with a surprise dance routine. Plus: Updates on conveyor-belt sushi and haute Korean restaurants coming soon; Whole Foods’ anniversary party; RHX says it’s closing; a bench.
••• Congratulations, sort of, to Susan Spiegler, who knows the site of last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (she said so on Facebook), but isn’t telling.

PHOTO SAFARI: CHILD REMOVAL SERVICES
And a little interspecies action, to boot.

 

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