Newsletter: Dec. 9

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: FLYWHEEL SPORTS
Tribeca’s indoor-cycling world just got much more competitive. Flywheel Sports’s fourth New York City studio, at Greenwich and Hubert, is now open. Take a look around.

A NIGHTCLUB ON W. BROADWAY?
Sure looks that way, if Haus gets past Community Board 1.

IN THE NEWS
••• 12/5: Lispenard conversion. Plus: Gregorys Coffee to open three FiDi cafés; Ghanian bodybuilder opens Southbridge gym; World Trade Center mall.
••• 12/6: New design for the West Thames Pedestrian Bridge. Plus: NYPD no longer allowing media police blotters; Colgate clock working again; new Fulton building to be taller, skinner than before.
••• 12/7: Whoops! An SUV plummeted into the Chambers construction ditch. Plus: The story behind Dr. Toothy; 4,500-square-foot penthouse on Duane; Tabak Is Tribeca.

OPEN LETTER
The union protesters stand beneath the classroom windows, yelling and chanting at full voice, sometimes bringing whistles and even air horns (!),” writes Cecile Heron, mom of two Spruce Street students. “I can’t imagine having a calm conversation with them.”

SEEN & HEARD
••• 12/5: Josephine closed by the Department of Health. Plus: Tablao’s flamenco nights; Espasso branches out; shopping event to benefit Girl Rising; Terra and Maxwell’s do holiday decor right.
••• 12/6: The Armoury is soft-opening next week. Plus: Hudson Street plaza at Holland Tunnel offramps; Harley-Davidson to have a coffee bar; Sterling Mason rising; Cowboy Junkies; alpaca yarn at the Tribeca Greenmarket; Bogardus Garden holiday event.
••• 12/7: Josephine’s inspection report. Plus: The next New Amsterdam Market; Taste of Tribeca 2014 date; Pisillo open on Saturdays; Steven Soderbergh buys office space; clothing and toy drive.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
Can you believe what @soandso tweeted about Tribeca? (This is a particularly foul-mouthed edition; sensitive readers should skip it!)

REAL ESTATE SALES REPORT
Who bought where, from whom—and for how much.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Robert Ripps for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to learn the answer.) We’ll play again Friday morning.

MORE RENDERINGS OF PIER 17
Floor plans, too.

 

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