Seen & Heard: Weekend Lunch at Café Altro Paradiso
Plus: Has Serafina postponed its liquor-license hearing?; "for rent" sign spotted at the former Tara of Tribeca space; site-specific dance performance on the Lilac; Torly Kid's spinoff travel service.
In the News: Assault on the Massage Table
Plus: The economics of film festivals; Wyeth and its owner, John Birch; hit-and-run driver to face prison time; looking back at the city's first railroad line; push-polling incident gets weirder. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: One King’s Lane Warehouse Sale
Plus: A peek inside the Beekman hotel's atrium (and update on the restaurants); discounted co-ed classes this Sunday at Aqua; Margaret Chin responds to push-poll incident; light sculpture at Patrick Parrish. / 5 comments
New Kid on the Block: JinSoon
"I want people to be able to relax in a setting that's not factory-like, with nice design and a warm feeling," says Jin Soon Choi. Credit must be shared with her husband, architect John Coughlan: They fell in love after she hired him for her first salon.
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A Piece of Tribeca® (Part 9)
From Kolkata to Paducah, elder care to special sauce: Tribeca is taking over the world. / 5 comments
In the News: Santos Party House Has Closed
Plus: Kid gets head stuck in fence; possible home for the "Sphere"; visitors to World Trade Center observatory far below forecast; FiDi arcade proponents deny posing as councilmember; Wavertree returning early; subsidizing artists.
New Kid on the Block: Sapar Contemporary
"We're looking for artists with some footprint showing where they're coming from, but also traversing boundaries," says Nina Levent, co-founder of the gallery on N. Moore. "Most are mid-career artists who have done major things in their careers. But for a lot of them, we're the only U.S. representation."
Seen & Heard: Pure Barre Opens Tomorrow
Plus: A new serialized novel about Tribeca; Serafina needs to get to know its new neighborhood better; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer; outrigger regatta and luau. / 2 comments
Best Friends Is Opening a Pet Adoption Center
This is the first brick-and-mortar location in New York City for the world's largest no-kill sanctuary. / 2 comments
Discussing Serafina’s Liquor License
Also on Community Board 1's June agendas: Duane Street eviction and demolition; Pier 26 update; closing part of Peck Slip to traffic; new Park Row tower; the neverending film/TV/ad shoots; Barleycorn liquor license change; more.
Seen & Heard: Downtown’s Free Museum Night Is Coming Up
Plus: A peek inside the Beekman hotel; Pisillo Italian Panini has expanded; cookbook party with sandwiches at Weather Up; stylish new lighting showroom just above Canal.
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