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    Ode to Canal Street

    As the street changes, its distinctiveness is disappearing. That's progress, of course, and not unwelcome, but I've been making an effort to capture the street as it is now, in all its graffitied splendor. / 5 comments

    In the News: Citigroup Renovation Update

    Plus: "Fearless Girl" extended; three-car accident at West and Murray; the city's first new ferry got stuck in Florida; By Chloe's chef has left the company; the Battery Park City Authority's bond rating. / 5 comments

    Seen & Heard: The New Restaurant in Truffles Tribeca

    Plus: White Street restaurant isn't coming back to life; a photo of Saturday's jet flyover; fashion designer moving out; the big new rental building on Hudson; exhibit of work by a fashion photographer. / 3 comments

    Newsletter: Mar. 27

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    Seen & Heard: Secret Service Limousine

    Plus: Soho Pharmacy is changing its name; stone panels are being applied to 70 Vestry; film shoot on Reade; exhibit about the art of glass pipes; Hudson storefront getting reactivated; the ground floor of 56 Leonard. / 8 comments

    In the News: The Pearl Paint Residences

    Plus: Big Gay Ice Cream is opening in the Seaport District; when a clown school was on Chambers; the Battery Park City Authority's resiliency study; remembering David Rockefeller. / 1 comment

    Seen & Heard: Alpha Jets Trailing Patriotic Smoke

    Plus: Blue Moon Fish is back; update on the Four Seasons hotel's plaza; a fashion insider's "garage sale"; great old photo of 100 Barclay; 56 Leonard lighting and second-floor cantilevers; art show on Varick. / 3 comments

    Big Sale on Wine and Liquor

    The bad news is that it appears to be happening at the expense of a store that has been around for 30 years.

    Teens Are Terrorizing Battery Park City

    Recent incidents shared by residents involve spitting, throwing objects at kids, picking fights, harassing families, even wielding a fake gun—and the alleged perpetrators include a gang that calls itself Tribeca's Most Wanted. UPDATE: And the reports of incidents keep coming in. / 76 comments

    Where in Tribeca…?

    ★ And the winner is... Sonia F. Stock! ★

    Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 8 comments

    Tribeca Spa of Tranquility: Your Place of Relaxation and Pampering

    We're celebrating our 10th anniversary with special discounts of 35% to 60% off all spa treatments from April 1 to May 2. Choose from our signature Korean body scrub, hot stone massage, several types of facials, and much more. / Sponsored

    Seen & Heard: Another Store Closed at Brookfield Place

    Plus: More on the early education center opening at Greenwich and Reade; Goodie Girl Cookies being sold at Starbucks; Tribeca Citizen T-shirts; what if 111 Murray had a crest? / 3 comments