Seen & Heard: New Pizza Joint
Plus: Jet flyover this morning; road-testing Gelato Ti Amo; new café at Southbridge Towers; more on Dorlan's Tavern, coming to Front Street; Peck Slip School construction; 56 Leonard; Kansas show. / 6 comments
Newsletter: Aug. 28
Italian Soccer Stars Opening Hotel • Demolition on Desbrosses • Brick Closed • Dîner en Blanc • New Church Street Building • Another BPC Conversion • Bâtard • Denny's • Sushi Dojo • More
Seen & Heard: Sushi Dojo’s Tribeca Outpost Is Not a Done Deal
Plus: Correction on the post about the Italian soccer stars' hotel; demolition underway on Washington; Laughing Man barista's novel; more. / 2 comments
In the News: Bâtard Gets Three Stars
Plus: Denny's opens Friday; Property will have vintage clothing; wallets stolen at Pier 25; Raccoon Lodge patron goes aggro, bites police officer. / 4 comments
Two Former Italian Soccer Stars Are Opening a Hotel Here
Paolo Maldini and Christian Vieri appear to be opening the Hudson Square Hotel at the corner of Hudson and Canal. / 9 comments
Seen & Heard: Nine Stories on Church
Where there are currently five. Plus: Free community night at the 9/11 Museum; steak recommendations; camera obscura; Juice Press goes gray; fitness day passes; crime category. / 2 comments
In the News: Lower Manhattan Is Growing Older
But not you, surely. Plus: The courtyard at 443 Greenwich; the value of an interior wall; model arrested for allegedly stealing fish oil and chocolate from Whole Foods; kennel cough outbreak. / 4 comments
Scenes from Last Night’s Dîner en Blanc
About 4,000 people dressed in white descended on Rockefeller Park for dinner accompanied by opera. / 7 comments
Seen & Heard: Lunch at Navy
Plus: "E.T." and "Back to the Future" at Washington Market Park; new exhibit at Patrick Parrish; Barre Tribeca has opened; White Street storefront renovation; preliminary Baked hours. / 1 comment
In the News: Another BPC Rental Building Likely to Go Condo
Plus: The name of Carmellini's upcoming Smyth restaurant; another Bâtard review; what was lost when 2 Broadway was torn down; another Brooklyn Bridge trespasser.









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The REI likely closed because of their antipathy towards unions. Same as the Trader Joe's wine store on 14th. — malcolm / Seen & Heard: Suram is open on Greenwich
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