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In the News: Living on Cortlandt Alley
...in a glass, boxy penthouse, perhaps. Plus: Michael Kors coming to the World Financial Center; funding for the West Thames bridge; magazine editor Jesse Pearson; Canal subway mosaics; Pier 40 plan resistance.
Coming This Summer: Concerts on Pier 26
And the performers could be good.... UPDATE: The band Fun. will play the pier on July 22. Tickets go on sale on Feb. 16. / 5 comments
Seen & Heard: Saleya’s Dinner Menu
Available starting tonight. Plus: Cobblestone art; Peace & Love is indeed reopening; kids' store hoping to come back; DeRose Method's Tribeca studio is open; American Flatbread strategy; Amish Market in flux; Kutsher's trunk shows.
New Kid on the Block: Fika
The mini-chain's new outpost has opened in Truffles Tribeca—it's a lovely place to lounge over a coffee and pastry, a light lunch, or a glass of wine. And on Sundays, once the beer/wine license comes through, Fika will serve a true Swedish smörgåsbord! / 4 comments
Newsletter: Feb. 4
The Seaport, Three Months Later • Cooking Like Karen DeMasco • N. Moore Restaurant • Service-Dog Deli Dispute • Pigeon Snatching • Karkula Has Left Tribeca • More
In the News: The Glass-Brick Building That Tribeca Might Have Had
Plus: Zac Posen's Sunday mornings; why Tribeca and Soho rule real-estate rankings; an op-ed against the Hudson River Park tax; overcrowding at P.S. 276; the "Empress of Patterns." / 6 comments
Seen & Heard: Who’s Snatching Pigeons?
And why? Plus: Fika is open; Saleya serving dinner as of tomorrow; Taste of Tribeca's "Dine Out Tribeca" night; a Seaport campaign. / 6 comments
N. Moore Is Getting a Mid-Block Restaurant
Also on Community Board 1's January agendas: New restaurant/bar on W. Broadway; Asphalt Green report; Pier 26 update; the demo of the building next to the old American Stock Exchange; susheria that once had barfing patrons; Remix/Quest; a gazillion street events.
Real Estate Sales Report
Courtesy of StreetEasy, these are the properties whose sales were "recorded" by the city in the past seven days (ending 02/02/13). / 1 comment
In the News: About That Rat
Plus: Water-main break affects Tribeca; inside Fika's new outpost; FiDi gold depository sues landlord; The Flea review.
Seen & Heard: Barbarini Update
Plus: Another Front Street restaurant said to be moving; Academy bus scourge; about those bridge flowers; cranes to close Greenwich for two weekends; filming on Duane; crosswalk mixed messages. / 5 comments
Karkula Has Left Tribeca
The store, which had been in Tribeca for close to five years, is the latest in a long line of home stores to have tried the neighborhood, then left for elsewhere (in Karkula's case, Williamsburg).