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    First Impressions: Café Altro Paradiso

    Three years after charming the food world with Estela, sommelier Thomas Carter and chef Ignacio Mattos have partnered on a second restaurant, Café Altro Paradiso, that recently opened at the corner of Spring and Sixth. So how is it? / 9 comments

    Newsletter: Apr. 11

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    Seen & Heard: Ring Dings Galore

    Plus: 1 World Trade Center carpet; FedEx Office store is moving; "Law & Order: SVU" is back yet again; work by Japanese emerging artists. / 1 comment

    Photo Safari!

    A.k.a. random pictures with snarky captions. / 2 comments

    Where in Tribeca…?

    ★ And the winner is... Jim Smithers! ★

    Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 3 comments

    Seen & Heard: City Hall Park’s Next Art Exhibit

    It involves personal encounters and a murmuration. Plus: Cowboy Junkies in concert; artist loft for sale; Battery Park City Authority public meeting; OpenTable's questionable neighborhood descriptions. / 1 comment

    In the News: Details on West Broadway’s Big New Building

    Plus: Man bitten during Tribeca nightclub brawl; the history of a White Street building; custom jewelry at Foundrae; more renderings of proposed megamansion on Franklin; Sing for Hope's public pianos got painted; concern about the FiDi arcade deal.

    Open Letter: The FiDi Arcade Plan Warrants a Closer Look

    There's a push to give the publicly accessible arcades along Water Street back to the buildings' owners in exchange for improvements to nearby plazas. After I first posted about it, the Downtown Alliance responded with a defense—to which Community Advocates for Public Space has now sent a rebuttal. / 7 comments

    Seen & Heard: Preschool Closing

    Plus: Residents agitated over the loss of views as a result of 396 Broadway construction; 50 Murray rent-stabilization fight; Warren Street building for sale (instead of getting developed with its neighbor); Jane Freeman art exhibit. / 5 comments

    Celebrate Arts and Culture of Tibet and India at Brookfield Place!

    Including extraordinary sacred music and dance, the creation of a magnificent mandala sand painting (with a procession to the Hudson River), and classical vocal and instrumental art forms. / Sponsored

    Spotlight: New York Nautical

    "People are always a bit surprised when they find out I’m not a sailor," says Smitty, the longtime sales manager of New York Nautical. "I’ll get on a cruise ship, but a small boat? You can keep that." / 8 comments

    Newsletter: Apr. 7

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