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In the News: Cigarette as Weapon
Plus: How Amazon is changing Whole Foods; rent-regulated apartments in Lower Manhattan; facial massage; actor buys in Tribeca; how rich people feel about carpets; questions for the new BPCA president. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Heightened Security at Trinity Church
Plus: SLT's Tribeca studio opens today; checking in on the Worth Street reconstruction project; residential conversion on Franklin; Richard Aldrich show at Bortolami; two shoots. / 4 comments
Nosy Neighbor: Why Is a Fence Being Built Around City Vineyard?
"Do you know why they are enclosing the restaurant with high exterior walls? Seems to me the pleasure in eating there is the panoramic view. Did I miss something?" —M. / 3 comments
New Kid on the Block: Nova Octo
"I want to encourage people to dress up!" says Silje Lübbe. To that end, she has co-founded Nova Octo, a new service based in Tribeca that allows women to rent extraordinary dresses that would otherwise sell for upward of $7,000. / 3 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 1
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Seen & Heard: Arcade Bakery Now Sells Breakfast Sandwiches
Plus: Forensic sculpture exhibit; checking in on the two buildings going up at Church and Chambers; Parachute opening a store on Grand; exhibit about race and class in Brazil.
Nosy Neighbor: What’s Happening to This Building on Vestry?
"Do you know why the building at Canal and Vestry is being covered in metal?" —N. / 10 comments
In the News: Tetsu’s Basement Dinners Start at $380
Plus: Westville added menu items for the first time since 2003; Gay Pride will be uptown this year; pie-in-the-sky renderings for the waterfront; Artists Space opening forecast.
New Kid on the Block: Ortuzar Projects
Reasoning that a gallery must "prove it wants to exist," founder Ales Ortuzar has committed to just two years, with four shows a year. The focus is on art from the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly work that hasn't been seen in New York City in a while.
What’s Opening When at the Seaport District
Just added to the list: An 11,000-square-foot restaurant from the team behind Locanda Verde and Little Park.
Seen & Heard: Yves Got More French
Plus: Security warning; listing for the Koh's Kids space on Greenwich; the Craft Studio's Tribeca location is a pop-up; the New York City Drone Film Festival; tackiness at Whole Foods. / 3 comments
In the News: “Virtue Signaling” and Street Seats
Plus: New sister restaurants for Dark Horse Tavern and Akimoto Sushi; Scott Stringer's proposal for Battery Park City income; when Tammany Hall was on Nassau Street. / 14 comments