••• 100 Franklin developer “DDG received permission from the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals, granting it the ability to utilize the full size of the lot without having to set back the buildings’ upper floors from the sidewalk, which is required by the site’s zoning but is difficult given their slender forms.” This is the building on the two triangular parking lots on Sixth Ave. between White and Franklin; it’ll have 10 apartments and retail along Sixth. “As part of the project, a charitable arm of DDG is providing funds to turn the pedestrian island formed by the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Church Street, across the street from the project, into a small park.” —Crain’s (Update: Architect’s Newspaper got another rendering, added above)

••• Eater has pix of Parm at Brookfield Place, although “much of Parm’s dining room is still closed off for the time being, but seating at the counter is open.” The dine-in menu is at right, and the takeout menu is in Eater’s post. I need to find out if they’ll be delivering, because that could be a game-changer. UPDATE: Heard back from the rep. “We do deliver and will begin soon.”

••• The Pope’s visit to New York City in September will include “a ‘multi-religious’ service at the 9/11 Memorial.” —DNAinfo

••• The restaurants at One World Observatory are as bad as you might expect. (It’s an amusing review.) —Eater

••• “A young child was lost by staff members from a Battery Park City preschool [Preschool of America] during a field trip to a local park on June 17, and wandered into the middle of traffic on South End Avenue. The child was unharmed, and the driver of a vehicle who spotted him returned the toddler to the school, after which the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (which regulates daycare facilities) suspended its operating permit.” —Broadsheet