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Duane Reade Is Closing a Tribeca Store
Don't worry: There's another Duane Reade two blocks away. / 17 comments
New Kid on the Block: Perpetuum Café
Just over two years after opening the first Perpetuum Café in Chelsea, Can Ruan has debuted a second one. The former Mobile X store has been renovated into a crisp, high-ceilinged room with a handful of low tables, free wi-fi, and Toby's Estate Coffee.
Seen & Heard: Inside the Cast Iron House
Plus: More peeks inside the restaurant-in-progress Tetsu; local teen is organizing a clothing drive for kids in need; activity at Reade Street restaurant space.
Nosy Neighbor: What Are These New Blue Parking Signs?
"I just started seeing them all around the neighborhood. What are they for?" —M. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Groundhog Day Loft Tour
Plus: Ice sculpture in Duane Park; Eataly sale; the façade of 187 Franklin; "Law & Order: SVU" and "Bull" filming yet again; open house at Élan Flowers's new location; Hudson River Park's blue lights. / 2 comments
Fine Dining Is Coming to the World Trade Center
The folks behind Eleven Madison Park are opening a 7,000-square-foot restaurant across from the Oculus. / 2 comments
Newsletter: Jan. 26
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In the News: Inside a Tribeca Artist’s Loft
Plus: Taryn Toomey's "intentional" new fitness studio; nic-fit theft; public art commemorating Little Syria in new FiDi park.
Seen & Heard: “Relentless Tenderness”
Plus: Schedule and tickets for the Roxy Hotel's cinema; Houseman's seven-course Chinese New Year feast; 111 Murray now as tall as 101 Warren; the forthcoming kids' store on Greenwich; new 24-hour deli. / 1 comment
What $6 Million Will Buy: Tribeca vs. Princeton, NJ
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, La Maison de Verre offers 10,800 square feet of interior space—including six bedrooms, Boffi kitchen, and lower-level staff quarters—and exquisite gardens and terraces, all within an hour train ride from New York City. / Sponsored
My Own Little Metropolitan Diary
I keep a journal of amusing interactions—akin to the New York Times’s “Metropolitan Diary,” but less fit for print. / 9 comments