NOSY NEIGHBOR
“I was driving across the Brooklyn Bridge when I saw that the outside of the Verizon Building looks like it’s being removed. Do you what’s going on?” —A. And more important, is the Verizon sign coming down?

VALENTINE No. 24
Suit yourself.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 8/9: No more right on red at Hudson and Reade. Plus: Scorcese film wardrobe office; gallery closed; seaweed for sale; Chilean fashion; provocative comments on Asphalt Green and IHOP; Battery Park musical fun reminder.
••• 8/12: Church Street Kitchen is replacing Kool Bloo. Plus: Disappearing mailboxes; new setting for literary salon; send in your sunset photos.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA: SPECIAL CELEBRITY EDITION
All good New Yorkers know they’re not supposed to talk to celebrities, but that doesn’t mean they can’t tweet about spotting them out and about. Or hoping to, anyway.

IN THE NEWS
••• 8/9: Runaway beet. Plus: Bikes in City Hall Park; Backyard Chicken goes kaput; Jehangir Mehta on “The Next Iron Chef”; swimming in the Hudson.
••• 8/12: Unearthing the Tombs at Collect Pond Park. Plus: Rent the Runway showroom; yet another Tribeca Pediatrics; City Hall Park hammer attacker; brunch with a fashion designer.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Daniel B. for correctly IDing the site of this lamp. Click this link to discover the answer.

I HAD A WIN-WIN-WIN IDEA…
Last week, I got a call from a reader who wondered if I had a classified-ad section because he was looking to sell a dining-room table. The week before, a shop emailed saying it’s hiring, in case I was in the mood to mention it. A month ago, a reader emailed because she was hoping to sublet her apartment for two years while she moved somewhere free of IHOPs. Adding classifieds doesn’t make sense for various reasons—not least of all my lack of interest in tracking down small amounts of cash—but I don’t like not being able to help people. Seriously! So I had an idea: If you want to run what would really be a classified ad—a line or two of text, to run once, at my discretion (probably in a Seen & Heard round-up)—send an email to tribecacitizen@gmail.com with the text, your publishable contact info, and an image (only if relevant!). And promise me you’ll give $10 to the Friends of Hudson River Park. I reserve the right to decide what qualifies for this deal. If for some reason you can’t abide the Friends of Hudson River Park, we can talk about a substitute charity, but not if it’s for Herman Cain’s 2016 presidential campaign. P.S. Dining-table reader: You can have one for free because you inspired this idea.

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN TRIBECA
Seven sales were recorded in the past week.

PHOTO SAFARI!
Fun for everyone, or at least people who don’t mind random pictures with snarky captions.