LOFT PEEPING: GILLIAN TENNANT
“The first thing we did when we moved in was paint every surface white!” fashion designer Gillian Tennant told the Australian blog Badlands about her pretty Tribeca loft. She wasn’t kidding!
LET THE EXPERTS TEACH YOUR KIDS TO DANCE
Two of downtown’s leading dance schools, Dance New Amsterdam and Moving Visions Dance, have joined forces to launch DNA kids, a children’s program taught by dance professionals. Kicking off Sept. 16, classes for ages 2 to 16 include modern ballet, contemporary dance, boys’ dance, choreography, yoga, and more at the Moving Visions studio in Tribeca. Call 212-608-7681 to reserve a spot at the Open House this Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon at Moving Visions Dance, 19 Murray, 3rd floor; movingvisionsdance.com. Sponsored.
JERRY’S CAFÉ HAS CLOSED
And at least one of this season’s political candidates is sad about it.
P.S. 150 IS NOT BEING MOVED TO CHELSEA
Good news from the Department of Education.
IN THE NEWS
••• 9/3: The Tribeca Grand’s new ground-floor nightclub. Plus: The early word on Khe-Yo; Hunter College’s plans for Canal and Hudson; Eve hangs out in FiDi; body pulled from river.
••• 9/4: Fall restaurant preview. Plus: Battery Park City resident tried to hire a killer with collectible stamps; the DOE is proposing a charter elementary school inside a troubled high school; 261 Broadway analysis; downtown hospital progress; school history.
A DEEPER LOOK AT THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON FLAGSHIP
The architecture firm designing the new Harley-Davidson showroom sent over a bunch of cool renderings. It’ll be the crown jewel of BroBeCa! (Fans of snark won’t want to miss the architect’s comment….)
SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/3: Two more kittens adopted. Plus: Debating the Harley-Davidson showroom; Alfanoose’s new location; TD Bank rumors; exhibit at R 20th Century.
••• 9/4: The World of Suits. Plus: Demolition at 28-30 N. Moore; film shoot about a bitter divorcée today; kids’ fitness classes; September 11 street closures; action in the old Moomah space?
VALENTINE NO. 36
A different kind of street art.