••• Curbed distills a Villager article about Trinity Real Estate’s hopes and dreams for a rezoned Hudson Square.

••• “Since the success last fall of the film Tiny Furniture, artist Laurie Simmons, whose work has appeared at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among other institutions, has found herself recognized in new ways. ‘I went to see some films at MoMA and I sat down next to a young man the other night, and he said, ‘Excuse me, are you Lena Dunham’s mother?’ ‘ said Ms. Simmons, who is best known for her photographs of dolls and dollhouse interiors. […] Now, with her daughter’s first artistic breakthrough in the rearview, Ms. Simmons is having another one of her own with a new photography series. ‘The Love Doll: Days 1-30,’ which opens Tuesday at Salon 94 Bowery, features images of a high-end Japanese sex doll photographed in day-to-day scenarios—looking out at the snow in a parka and boots, lounging with a book, taking a bubble bath—all shot at Ms. Simmons’s house in Connecticut.” (Wall Street Journal)

••• DNAinfo finds out more about Tiny’s, the restaurant being opened by local impresario Matt Abramcyk and Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist in the old Hoi An space on W. Broadway: “The restaurant will serve light, modern American food with Italian influences, including a Tiny’s Burger with pickled beets, a fried egg and blue cheese, and Long Island Blackfish with celery root puree, sunchokes, new potatoes and carrots, according to a preliminary menu. Tiny’s also plans to tap into the neighborhood’s bustling lunch crowd, offering sandwiches with house-made cold cuts for under $15, Abramcyk said.” The second floor will house a bar.

••• Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet—who lives in Tribeca—shares some of her New York City favorites with the New York Post, including Moomah.

••• Crain’s writes about “Selling New York,” the TV show that features brokers from Warburg Realty, among other companies.