Newsletter: Dec. 28
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In the News: World Trade Center Oculus Said to Be Opening in March
Plus: Massive art installation on Wall Street; more on City Hall restaurant's closing, and how it served the homeless a free lunch; when Trinity Church was the New Year's Eve gathering point; homeless couple with 10 cats; theft at FiDi Mexican restaurant.
Seen & Heard: A Deli Is Actually Opening
Plus: Calypso St. Barth is definitely off at Brookfield Place; Saleya stripped bare; 19 Park Place's western side; a suggestion for El Vez Burrito; Franklin Street salon; Best Market truck; unsolved "Where in Tribeca...?" / 3 comments
South Tribeca Is Getting a Very Funky Building
It'll have inch-thick concrete walls and motorized windows. / 5 comments
The World Trade Center Light Show
Every now and then, when the sun in shining at there's some haze in the air, the World Trade Center towers do something dazzling. / 3 comments
In the News: Footage of the Alleged Rolex Vixens
Plus: Another phone snatching; opening date for Lower East Side arthouse cinema; Soho steakhouse closing; Gansevoort Market owner plans a food hall in Lower Manhattan.
Seen & Heard: DHL Store on Church Street
Plus: Recommendation for a local printer; where to get your Christmas tree mulched; the scent of the Smyth and Little Park. / 4 comments
A New Hair Salon
David Adams and Frank Rizzieri, both well-known in the editorial and entertainment worlds, are opening a salon on Jay Street.
Newsletter: Dec. 24
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Seen & Heard: Leather Spa Opens Next Week
Plus: Activity in a Church Street space; Terroir's hangover sandwich; Greenwich Street building getting a sixth floor; Tribeca Ball to honor Mr. and Mrs. Chow; Howard Street hotel rendering; go see the Picasso sculpture show at MoMA. / 3 comments
In the News: Salt Shed Rave
Plus: The sanitation garage lights up at night; Battery Park City's private security force has started; Marc Forgione's lobster endeavor by Penn Station; Tribeca artist Andrew Pope; former North End Grill pastry chef's new gig; new FiDi café.










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