PROGRESS REPORT | JANUARY 2014
Must read: A rundown of the restaurants, shops, fitness studios, and more expected to open in greater Tribeca—including Racines NY, Sweet Green, Juice Press, Tutto Il Giorno, Macaron Café, El Vez, Baked, 27 Desbrosses Street, Añejo, Pescado….

WINTER MEET & MINGLE
Don’t be left out in the cold: Make your way to Tribeca Trust‘s Winter Meet & Mingle on Monday, January 27 from 6 – 8 pm at Maslow 6 Wine Bar. Join your friends and neighbors and meet the people who help give Tribeca its unique sense of place. Learn about Tribeca Trust’s Public Spaces Initiative and more. Ticket information here. Sponsored.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/20: Sun in Bloom opening date. Plus: Update on Live Well Company’s new gym in River Lofts; Exceed Physical Culture forecast; the building called The Lara.
••• 1/21: Brookfield Place lobby closure. Plus: Whole Foods suspends delivery; Community Board 1 agenda change; Pen Parentis February lineup; 27 Desbrosses restaurant update.

NOSY NEIGHBOR
“The garage on Washington between Vestry and Desbrosses has closed, and the machinery inside is being dismantled,” emails Anonymous. “A parking attendant around the way told us that it will be demolished. Is Ponte Equities starting on another building?” The only question seems to be whether it’ll be big or huge—or one or two buildings.

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/20: St. Paul’s Chapel cemetery. Plus: DJ Elvis Duran buys big penthouse; renters who renovate; film festival founders split.
••• 1/22: Certifying artists for lofts. Plus: “Trashy Chinese food”; Racines NY update; Seaport development objections; Lenny’s trades one location for another.

HEY!
The Tribeca Citizen email newsletter has more than 3,100 subscribers—and every single one has chosen to subscribe. (I can’t add people even if I wanted to.) Shouldn’t you be advertising here?

INSTAGRAM TRIBECA (VOL. 12)
More favorite Instagram photos of greater Tribeca. The lovely one below is by @justinbordeaux.