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    New Kid on the Block: Agatha Ruiz de la Prada

    The Spanish designer's new boutique has opened, and it's a kick.

    Seen & Heard: Steven Alan Sample Sale

    It's that time again. Plus: Broadway and Franklin; $1 pizza; Downtown CSA; get your portrait in a gallery show; HBO show being shot here.

    In the News: More on the Bathhouse

    Plus: 1WTC glass problem; Irish-American protest; loft peeping; 7 Hubert real estate; Marc Forgione trying to branch out; Imagination Playground; Bruce Weber moving his office here.

    CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes

    What was discussed: Converting the NYPD horse stables to a WTC command center (fie!); banning most left turns off Canal Street; the Bogardus Triangle clocktower; liquor license for Jung Sik; street closures for Duane Park events; counterfeit-goods legislation. / 8 comments

    New Bathhouse on Its Way

    Not that kind of bathhouse, you pervert.

    Newsletter: May 12

    Bell-ringing at Trinity Church • Kutsher's Tribeca menu • Test-driving Pier 25's new mini golf course • Bogardus clock • Sarabeth's delayed again • Dis Respectacles • Fatty Snack • More

    Kutsher’s Tribeca: The Menu

    There are enough classics—latke! egg creams! varnishkes!—to send old-school types to heaven, or wherever. But the newfangled takes are what will really catch your attention. / 14 comments

    The New Mini Golf Course: A Test Drive

    It's exceedingly easy. What kind of lessons are we teaching here, people? / 2 comments

    Seen & Heard: Dis Respectacles

    Closing or moving. Plus: New restaurant coming to 54-56 Franklin; "Something Borrowed" filmed locally; "Glee" mention; Tribeca Grand bikes; anyone know a good building managing agent? UPDATE: Dean's closed, but hopefully reopening soon.

    In the News: Fatty Snack

    Plus: New condo buildings doing well; Battery Park City ground-rent deal; real-estate statistics; David Bouley reworking Bouley; teenager struck by 4WTC rod; more. UPDATE: FiDi's Hello Pasta closed.

    Seen & Heard: Sarabeth’s Delayed

    But they're so nice about it. Plus: Dylan Prime clambake special; B Flat anniversary party; Cachaçaria Boteco's new food menu; MaxDelivery now selling Ottomanelli meat (with temporary discount).

    In the News: Bogardus Clock

    Plus: Reade57 timeline; Soul Daddy review; Liberty Green aims high on the rents; Governors Island cat; Vesey crosswalk; Pace's new building.