NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: NYC ELITE
After 13 years in Soho, NYC Elite has moved its flagship gymnastics facility to Worth Street—and nearly doubled in size. But it’s still a family business, owned and operated by mother-daughter team Marianne and Tina Ferriola, both of whom live in Tribeca.

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LOTUS BLUE HAS LEFT TRIBECA
The Reade Street restaurant has closed. The good news is that it says it’s reopening within walking distance.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“What’s coming to the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s storefronts? I see workmen putting materials into the empty café space, and it also looks like they’re doing something around the corner on W. Broadway.” —J. The answer (to a point).

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/24: Your loft could be in the Bernie Madoff movie. Plus: Nearly ten of 56 Leonard’s top floors are revealed; kitten found in Tribeca Park; “Cool Globes” exhibit in Battery Park City; shoots for “Broad City” and Design Within Reach; Lotus Salon not changing; 443 Greenwich’s slow progress.
••• 9/25: The prettiest drugstore downtown (above). Plus: China Blue has a new menu; four brass bands on one stage; photo booth fun at Babesta sneaker party; mannequin obsession.
••• 9/26: Irving Farm is opening a Fulton Center café. Plus: Checking in on the Franklin Place condo; Haus giving up its windows for advertising; the new drugstore is a Duane Reade and a Walgreens; “The Affair” can’t quit us; where are these Tribecans now?

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to the indomitable Jim Smithers, who once again correctly identified the Where in Tribeca…? location. We’ll play again Friday morning.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 9/25: Another Tribecan on “Real Housewives”? Plus: The Pope’s visit to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum; new condo tower will have its own private blow-dry bar; retracing Alexander Hamilton’s steps; Racines NY co-owner on wine panel; and the status symbol for Tribecans is….
••• 9/26: The Four Seasons restaurant could be atop a FiDi tower. Plus: More details on the 70-story building coming to Park Place; the Howard Hughes Corporation ditches its plan for a glass canopy on Pier 17; more of the World Trade Center PATH station to open next week.

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FIELD TRIP: SPUYTEN DUYVIL
Back to the Bronx for some good housepeeking, a walk through a forest, and lunch at an old-school Jewish deli. Come along for the ride.

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