••• Architectural Digest ran photos of the new Four Seasons hotel. The half-arched doorway at the right of the above photo (by Gabrielle Pilotti) was my favorite part of the lobby.

••• “A 30,000-pound recreation of the Triumphal Arch of Palmyra, a 2,000-year-old Roman structure,”—destroyed by ISIS—”was unveiled in City Hall Park Monday, where it will stay throughout the week.” —DNAinfo

••• The story of the Cosmopolitan cocktail, which was more-or-less invented at the Odeon. —Grub Street

••• The New York Times reviews the Concepts skatewear store on Hudson.