LOFT PEEPING: JENNIFER BLUMIN & JAMES RAMSEY
The White Street loft is very stylish—as one might expect from a couple who knows from high design and historic spaces. Come on in….

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BRUNCH AT UNION BAR + KITCHEN
Come to Union Bar + Kitchen for weekend brunch (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and enjoy an entrée and two hours of bottomless Bloody Marys, Mimosas, and Bellinis for only $35. The menu—New American with global influences—offers something for everyone. Highlights include the sirloin burger, eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, the breakfast burrito, and the Morning After Sandwich, a panko-crusted pork cutlet with provolone, egg, hot mustard–infused tonkatsu sauce and pickled ginger. See you this weekend! 300 Spring St. (near Hudson), 646-791-0005; ubknyc.com. Sponsored.

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: THE HARRISON ROOM AT PIER A
If anyone you’d remotely call a hipster was involved with the Harrison Room, the cocktail bar on the second floor of Pier A Harbor House, there’s no sign of it. Take a look at the room and the menu.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 2/23: Chambers reconstruction is ending in April. And Hudson to follow in June. Plus: Municipal Art Society comes out against Seaport tower; Tribeca real estate overview; historic ships hoping to dock at Pier 25 and the South Street Seaport; Cheryl Hazan mosaics.
••• 2/24: Inside the Condé Nast cafeteria. Plus: Cortlandt Street subway station not opening for years; terra cotta angels on Nassau (above); Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber sued; 125 Greenwich tower construction starts; Chinatown karaoke bar Winnie’s to close.
••• 2/25: Le District will open in a month or so. Plus: Construction worker injured by drywall; pizzeria burgled; architect Thomas Juul-Hansen; the Grace Institute is moving to FiDi.

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ANOTHER RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED
That makes at least 25 businesses to close since September.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/23: Renderings vs. reality (above). Plus: A local Academy Award winner; why the Armoury is temporarily closed; new tenant for Laight Street storefront?; this month’s 1st Precinct Community Council meeting; Desbrosses demolition.
••• 2/24: Emergency pizza. Plus: Checking in on the SeaGlass carousel and 50 West tower; Brookfield Place passageway open; dealing with the icy river; 24 Leonard.
••• 2/25: A new home for JCP Downtown? Plus: Answer about Añejo dinner delivery; El Vez burrito bar pushed back; Gunbae karaoke bar signage; Urban Justice Center moving to FiDi.

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