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    Seen & Heard: Signs Old and New

    Plus: Chuck Klosterman and Douglas Coupland; poet Billy Collins; deals on ice cream, dance classes, and teeth whitening; Edward "Burnsie" Burns.

    In the News: Disco Manhole Busted

    Plus: The young woman who died at 101 Warren; Karim Rashid designing Tribeca shop; BPC security getting nicer?; Carmine's closeout; review of DCTV show; stalking Jane Krakowski; Tribeca loft porn; comparing two loft sales; the Tribeca® hairstyle; muddy park ticking people off.

    CB1 Tribeca Committee: The Unofficial Minutes

    Applications for liquor licenses and—bring on the warm weather!—sidewalk seating. / 3 comments

    The Tribeca Part of the Tribeca Film Festival

    Regal won't play along, but there will be a daylong soccer event on Pier 40, and the family festival won't relegate local businesses to the lower level of BMCC like it did last year.

    Newsletter: Mar. 10

    Pier A tenant announced • Details on Danny Meyer restaurant • Tom Otterness lions for BPC library • Seasonal Whispers' facelift • From East Java to Tribeca • Death & Co. in FiDi • Much more

    Best of New York

    Seven local businesses can celebrate being included in this year's "Best of New York" issue of New York magazine. Plus: The best gay party is in FiDi?!

    Seen & Heard: Project No. 8 Pop-Up

    The next phase. Plus: New York Academy of Art is giving away a painting; spa deals; 57 Reade turning out a bit different from the rendering.

    In the News: More on Pier A

    Plus: Tragedy at 101 Warren; lions for BPC library?; Death & Co. spinoff details; Citigroup; Independence Plaza senior center at risk; gym and theater on Warren?; 471 Washington; Pace dorm drama.

    In the News: Pier A Update

    Plus: No Windows on the World–type restaurant for One World Trade; BPC school lunches. UPDATE: Now with details on Danny Meyer's BPC restaurant.

    Seen & Heard: Ponte’s Deal

    Plus: Deals and specials at Grandaisy Bakery, Tribeca Treats, and Salume; Mehtaphor's kids' program; Ash Wednesday at Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel.

    From East Java to Tribeca

    Rinta Juwana, an aesthetician at a Tribeca spa, talks about how life here is different than it is in Indonesia, where she grew up. It's the second Q&A in Anojja Shah’s “I → NY” series.

    In the News: Fancy FiDi Cocktail Bar

    Plus: Soursop tea; LMDC phase-out; an "almost perfect" loft; Compose runs a special; kindergarten waitlist.