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    Newsletter: Feb. 25

    Hideaway fire • Amish Market bankruptcy • Finn Square sculpture • Private supper club party • New painting on Hudson • Jury duty restaurants • Much more

    In the News: Amish Market in Chapter 11

    Plus: WTC congestion; new BPC pizzeria; Borders as school?; half-marathon; Google do-gooder; Carmelo Anthony looking in Tribeca?; the homeless on Twitter; Compose; New York by Gehry. Also: Reopen Park Row! / 1 comment

    We’re Cordially Invited…

    Apt4, the buzzy private-dinner-party club, is coming to the neighborhood, I think for the first time (or at least the first time in recent memory—the events are usually in Brooklyn). The dinner is on Mar. 10. See you there?

    Seen & Heard: About That Deliveryman….

    Plus: Free coffee and $5 off SeamlessWeb; Christina Lehr's soon-to-open boutique; Christy Turlington's documentary; Fiterman Hall getting topped off. Update: Shelby Lynne at City Winery.

    Seen & Heard: Il Matto’s Neon

    Plus: Best happy hour deal around?; a real pig-out of a dinner; dubious tweets; Shirley, Larry, Sheryl, and Chaz all coming to Barnes & Noble.

    In the News: Dr. Joy Browne

    Plus: BPC security-incident update; body pulled from North Cove Marina; 9/11 interactive timeline; Walkerspace review; church vs. Port Authority; New York by Gehry rent-stabilized.

    Jury Duty Restaurants in Tribeca

    Doing your civic duty doesn't have to mean eating badly. They'll give you a long lunch break—make the most of it and wander into eastern Tribeca. / 4 comments

    In the News: Finn Square Sculpture

    Plus: Another African Burial Ground museum; Millennium High School; Hudson Square. UPDATE: Now with Curbed's tour of New York by Gehry.

    Seen & Heard: Spa Deals

    Plus: Pizza deal; puppet art; and Edward Burns's next film.

    In the News: Hideaway Fire

    Plus: New York Academy of Art vs. Facebook; bad advice for De Niro; NYC Nomad drops by; an Egg room. / 1 comment

    Nosy Neighbor: New Painting at 153 Hudson

    "There's a new painting in that mysterious window on Hudson between Laight and Hubert—the one with the quote in it. What's the painting? Whose is it?" —Nick S. / 2 comments

    Newsletter: Feb. 21

    New boutique on Reade • How a nutritionist eats at Yorganic • Deals galore • Hudson River Park signage • What's up this week • Gehry building amenities • Pervert deliveryman • More