••• Women’s fashion boutique Otte is officially opening its Tribeca location (37 N. Moore, bet. Varick and Hudson) on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees will receive a free gift and 15 percent off any purchases during the party. You have to RSVP by emailing rsvp@otteny.com.

••• Interesting project from the New York Times: “Between 1938 and 1943, 700,000 stark black-and-white pictures, known as tax photos, were taken to make property assessments and as a jobs program for the federal Works Progress Administration. In the 1980s, a second set of 800,000 photos was taken, also for tax purposes. In both sets, the property’s block and lot number is listed on the photos. The photos are available for sale by the city. Fred R. Conrad, a New York Times photographer, returned to 12 of the sites this year.” Above: A triptych of photos, one from each set, of 16 Thomas Street.

••• Opening at Regal Battery Park City today: disaster porn 2012 starring poor John Cusack. At the Angelika: British comedy Pirate Radio (with the always entertaining Bill Nighy—if you never saw the British miniseries State of Play, do yourself a favor and rent it) and critic’s fave The Messenger, about the aftereffects of the Iraq War. At Landmark Sunshine, there’s a new documentary, Oh My God?, in which people—including David Copperfield, Princess Michael of Kent, and Ringo Starr?!— talk about God. The new movie you probably want to see most, Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, is only at the dreadful Regal Union Square and AMC Loews Lincoln Square.

••• While leaving the Harrison the other night—no sign of a recession there!—I picked up a flyer for the restaurant’s holiday offerings, including a $75 prix-fixe dinner on Thanksgiving. The menu is here, and while I like the traditional turkey dinner just fine, I wouldn’t mind having the autumn-squash salad and skate again soon.

••• A new exhibit of beautiful photographs by Anna Collette and Steven B. Smith (the work is separate; they’re not collaborators) opened at Sasha Wolf Gallery last night. Collette’s photos are of “a forest at nightfall in winter.” (Get me to Miami.) Smith “chronicles the transition of the dramatic and formidable Western landscape into a kind of tamed and caged suburbia.” That’s his “Bloomington Utah 1997” above. Sasha Wolf Gallery is at 10 Leonard St., east of Hudson.

••• The next New Amsterdam Market is Sunday, Nov. 22, and it’ll feature a tasting of Intelligentsia Coffee—you’ll also “earn about the past and future of the coffee trade in New York City.” Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door. (Also, you can valet-park your bike while at the market, courtesy of Bowery Lane Bicycles! Who knew?)