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    In the News: Closed Borders

    Plus: Hotel design thwarted by Landmarks; Compose reviewed; Underground Railroad; staircase demolition opposition; a loft renovation; Seaport Museum trouble; Bowne & Co.; David Burke Kitchen; Reade57; LMDC.

    Seen & Heard: Free Coffee Next Week

    Plus: A new beerhouse; deals on boxing lessons and Pinot Noir; Harrison hosts Miami visitor; book club for parents; anyone know of an indoor basketball court? / 1 comment

    In the News: 9/11 Memorial Congestion

    Plus: Street fair season; renting at New York by Gehry; a chef sues; John Krevey; bone-marrow emergency; another Hampton Inn for FiDi; Compose.

    Newsletter: Feb. 14

    New kid on the block: The Canal Park Inn • Loft peeping: Kazumi Yoshida • Shadowland • WTC town hall • Beekman Tower • What's up this week • More

    In the News: More Hudson Square

    Plus: Artist Laurie Simmons; "Selling New York"; a fashion designer's favorites; Tiny's restaurant.

    What’s Up This Week

    Tango, short attention spans, Kurt Andersen, and Kevin Bacon are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.

    Seen & Heard: Gehry Views

    Plus: Fitness deal; Whole Foods pampering.

    Shadowland

    Last fall, I gathered photos of shadows. At the time, they made me think of a parallel world. Looking at them now, I don't feel that so much, but I do find the shadows almost unbearably lovely—which could be because light is in such short supply these days. / 1 comment

    Seen & Heard: Hudson Square

    Dreaming big! Plus: Deals on boxing and a spa package; helping Poets House.

    In the News: Halfway House

    Plus: Seaport Museum sinking; BPC restaurant closing; Google exec sells penthouse; Peck Slip school update; Kate Betts; Christy Turlington tells it.

    Loft Peeping: Kazumi Yoshida

    Fabric designer Kazumi Yoshida's "graphic, colorful, yet eminently serene" apartment is featured in the February/March issue of Elle Décor. If nothing else, it's proof that we all need more (fake) zebra in our lives. / 1 comment

    Where in Tribeca…?

    Know where this was shot? Say so in the comments. [Update: We have a winner!] / 5 comments