••• “Drivers are advised to avoid lower Manhattan Tuesday due to street closures as the Giants are set to march […] in a ticker-tape parade honoring their Super Bowl win. The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Battery before moving north to City Hall. To prepare for the festivities, the NYPD will be closing streets starting at 8 a.m.” The parade goes as far north as Worth, and I wouldn’t presume it’ll be easy to walk anywhere, either. Also: Carry ID, because the NYPD is going into police-state mode. —DNAinfo

••• New York magazine reviews Kutsher’s, and more or less likes it. Judging to what extent the restaurant pays respect to tradition seems to be missing the point….

••• “Lower Manhattan will receive 100 more beds for the homeless thanks to a $2.7 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York to the New York City Rescue Mission. […] Construction will begin in the next few months and continue into 2013. […] By doubling the Mission’s facilities, the organization will be able to serve homeless single women for the first time. Out of the 100 additional beds, 12 to 15 will be reserved for homeless women.” —Broadsheet

••• “Last September, the Belgian design duo behind the label A.F. Vandevorst launched a traveling pop-up shop […] and tonight it begins its first American residency at the Patron of the New […]. Called ‘TSTSITW,’ or ‘The Smallest Traveling Store in the World,’ the shop showcases the designers’ clothes alongside medical accessories like a hospital bed and a dentist’s lamp.” Through Feb. 23. —Racked

••• “Karl Fischer’s 24 story tower dormitory for Pace University is beginning to rise at 180 Broadway and John Street. A reader’s photos show the first three floors going up at the construction site, all slated for retail in the new building, and it looks like the first two will be part of one store.” —Curbed