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    Get the Party Started!

    Longtime kids'-party planner Party Poopers has spun off Party Swank, a division for adults' events. Its founders have the best Rolodexes ever: Broadway singers, belly dancers, mentalists, tarot readers, pole dancers, and more. / 10 comments

    TCQ&A: “I’ve Always Loved the Chicken From Cornerstone Grill”

    Internet entrepreneur and floral designer Connie Connors shows us around her Tribeca—including where she hung out with Andy Warhol, the gag gift she sent her sons at camp, and the part of the neighborhood she'd like to re-engineer.

    Seen & Heard: Candy Haul

    Plus: "Next Iron Chef" finalists; handmade crafts fair; return of Barocco?; "Asian sexsation" Calamity Chang; balloon light; John Allan's event. Also: Wouldn't it be sweet of Goldman Sachs to save the ice rink? / 2 comments

    In the News: 1 World Trade

    Let the cladding begin. Plus: Blazing at Stuyvesant; I'm Too Young for This!; BPCA criticisms; book fair.

    The Way Tribeca Was

    A taste of what you can expect from "Tribeca: A Pictorial History," the new book by the Tribeca Trib's history columnist, Oliver E. Allen. / 1 comment

    Newsletter: Nov. 15

    New buildings, part 2 • Ice rink canceled this year •  Jazz bar in the works • Dining in total darkness • Thanksgiving desserts • "Tiny Furniture" • The short, noble life of Hannah Senesh • Cowgirl Sea-Horse deal • New shop on Franklin • Much more. / 3 comments

    In the News: Imagine Swimming

    Plus: Park51's Daisy Khan; where Kings of Leon hangs out in Tribeca; Dans le Noir?; a real-estate hunt.

    Seen & Heard: Intérieurs Tenant?

    Plus: Medical facility to open; pizzeria on Church to soft open; Stuzzicheria chef cooks old-school Italian; Harrison entrance at Hudson River Park; Daniel Squadron wants you.

    Progress Report: The New Builds, Part 2

    Details on six more buildings going up now, with renderings of what they'll look like when completed. / 1 comment

    Foto Friday

    This week: photos taken on Church, Laight, W. Broadway, Harrison, and Pier 25. One is potentially NSFW, but it's 4:59 p.m. on a Friday, so you should stop working anyway.

    Seen & Heard: Cowgirl Sea-Horse Deal

    Plus: Titanic Park; Moomah and Mom Filter party; Mysterious Bookshop Christmas book; guitarist Robert Fripp; Philadelphia cream cheese.

    In the News: BPC Ice Rink Kiboshed

    Plus: "Tiny Furniture" review; young feminists at 92YTribeca; vacant FiDi building comes to life; new school by the Seaport.