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    In the News: Bleak Kindergarten Projections

    Plus: NYPD memorial adds names; deal to sell historic ship deal fell through; BPC author's guitarist book; more fast food for FiDi; the Marble House cuts price again.

    Introducing Tribeca Trust

    A new neighborhood group, Tribeca Trust, aims to "mobilize residents and civic resources so as to preserve our neighborhood’s historic scale and to protect and enhance its architectural character, quality of life, economic vitality, and sense of place." Next week: A family walking tour of the neighborhood's Tribeca architecture. / 5 comments

    Where in Tribeca…?

    Know where this was shot? (Update: We have a winner!) / 3 comments

    In the News: Mourning the Liquor Store

    Plus: W Hotel's disappointing plaza; smart guy bought while young; 53 N. Moore; Pier 42; Duane Park restaurant update. / 4 comments

    The Mystery of White & Church

    "White & Church has been closed the last couple of nights," emailed Alan just now. "Wonder if it is going to reopen at all." The website is down, too.... UPDATE: It's open, but as "a bar more than a restaurant."

    Seen & Heard: A Peek Inside Top Chef Kitchen

    And who's cooking when. Plus: New tenant for Carl's Steaks space?; Sole di Capri's new phone works; "Infamous" shooting nearby; Greenwich building demo to start; Pace's new dorm (with Drybar). / 2 comments

    Is Worth Street Next?

    It sure looks that way. UPDATE: Confirmation has arrived. UDPATE: Construction to start early 2014. / 5 comments

    CB1 Tribeca Commitee: The Unofficial Minutes (October)

    Discussed: More details (including the menu) at the wine bar coming to W. Broadway; a new "back bar" at the Tribeca Grand; an explanation for Capri Caffé's name change; Fresh Direct trucks; and sidewalk café clarification. / 9 comments

    Here Comes the Jenga Building

    Construction on 56 Leonard, Herzog & de Meuron's spectacular 57-story building, could start as early as next week. It'll take four years, but the fate of the Anish Kapoor sculpture is unknown. / 8 comments

    Newsletter: Oct. 11

    Loft Peeping: Leslie Fremar • First Impressions; Sushi of Gari • Inside 28 N. Moore • New Subway Entrance • Unanswered Questions • Asphalt Green rally • More

    In the News: Holland Tunnel Entrance Park

    Plus: Asphalt Green without Asphalt Green?; post–St. Vincent's health care downtown; morris dancing; Yunnan cuisine; Tribeca Grand temporary nightclub closed; tasting menus. / 2 comments

    Seen & Heard: Chinese Restaurant Has Closed

    Plus: Westville Hudson opening date; tentative Asphalt Green rally date; Hunter College art school on its way; fun with textiles; Battery Park harvest festival; Canstruction.