Seen & Heard: Bookstore Closed
Plus: Falling concrete slab at the Department of Buildings building; sale on pet-related items at Shelter Chic; alfresco movies in Washington Market Park; time-lapse video of ascending 56 Leonard. / 2 comments
DanceBody Is Opening a Tribeca Studio
Created by dancers, DanceBody "will reshape you to look like a dancer—even if you’ve never danced before." / 2 comments
In the News: Squirrels Abandon Battery Park City
Plus: How the World Trade Center mall got to be so big; celebrating Pisillo Italian Panini; the 1801 house on Hudson Street that didn't survive; Demi Lovato to sing from a rooftop. / 1 comment
City Building to Get Residential Makeover
The $28 million deal includes 5,000 "usable" square feet for an African cultural history museum. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: South African Restaurant Now Appears to Be Italian
Plus: Ghost signage at newly revealed Greenwich Street restaurant; Two Hands's contentious sidewalk seating has debuted; construction at the Irish Hunger Memorial; Clive Owen movie shoot; glittery graffiti. / 6 comments
Newsletter: Sept. 5
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Seen & Heard: Bar Works Is Opening on Chambers
Plus: Harrison at Whole Foods was delighted by the warm response; 111 Murray is going up very quickly; Wolfgang Puck's Cut unveiled; Front Art Space closed its tiny street-level gallery; author Gayle Forman.
Seen & Heard: The Four Seasons at Street Level
Plus: Cortlandt Alley condo conversion revealed; Il Lee retrospective; "Botany under Influence" at Apexart; Lacoste promotion; visiting a former Tribecan's restaurant in the country.
A New Vietnamese Restaurant
And we have a winner for the Name of the Year Award. / 1 comment
Novelty Quest: Aquacycling
The search for new experiences leads Caroline Wilson Kaufman to Aqua on Franklin Street, where she tries cycling in water for the first time.
Where in Tribeca…?
Know where this was shot? Prove it. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: Franklin Street Flame Building
Plus: The Book Nook is opening in Tribeca; the Django to start charging a cover; a block of Worth Street to be closed temporarily to all traffic; photographer to reprint photos from Windows on the World. / 1 comment
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