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BLANK WALLS AREN’T FUN AND BUYING ART IS TOUGH
Mason Lane helps you buy art to fit your taste, space and budget. We streamline the process so you save time, learn more, and find better art to complete your space. Quality art doesn’t have to cost a fortune, but you should buy wisely. Contact us and we’ll show you pieces you’re surprised to love, visit galleries you’ve never known, and walk through quality, pricing, and installation basics to ensure that your walls look polished and complete. ke@masonlaneart.com, 917-868-0043, masonlaneart.com, @masonlane_art.

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LOFT PEEPING: PAULA WAGNER & RICK NICITA
“The open living plan was essentially the shape of an obtuse triangle,” interior designer Benjamin Vandiver told Architectural Digest. “My instinct was to embrace the oddly shaped living room and not fight against it.” Take a look around.

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CELEBRATE ITALIAN RESTAURANT WEEK AT MAX
Max is extremely proud to have been awarded the Quality Approved seal by Italy-America Chamber of Commerce, which meticulously screens Italian restaurants to make sure they use authentic Italian products: real Parmagiano Reggiano, prosciutto, pasta, extra virgin olive oil, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella di bufala, and so on. And during the IACC’s Italian Restaurant Week (which runs through June 9), select restaurants—including Max—are serving a choice of two courses for $28 or three courses for $42, with a wine pairing priced separately. Reserve now. Sponsored.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/1: A bunch of restaurant updates—Del Frisco’s Grille is hiring; something is happening at the former White Street; signage is up for Harry & Ida’s Luncheonette; and the World Trade Center mall burger restaurant isn’t happening. Plus: 60 Hudson seeks local artists; eviction notice for LED Lab.
••• 6/2: Placard corruption continues. Plus: Natural beauty pop-up; Tribeca CSA shares still available; the Four Seasons fountains need fine-tuning; measuring amplified sound at street events; Yorganic has reopened as Bliss Bowl.
••• 6/3: Serafina opening forecast. Plus: The World Trade Center Greenmarket looks less likely to return this year; pop-up celebrating immigrants; a reader reports on his visit to the new Roc in Louisville; clay-court tennis at Brookfield Place.
••• 6/4: Tetsu opening forecast. Plus: Beach volleyball tournament this week; cornhole in FiDi; progress at the Flea’s new theater; protected parking at New York Dolls; Broadway condominium halfway to its final height.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 6/1: Muggers beat victim who resisted. Plus: Justin Timberlake’s “celebrity discount” at 443 Greenwich; Thom Browne’s expanded store opens Tuesday; free films outside the World Trade Center Oculus; BMCC would like to fix parts of its “peculiar” campus; Lower Manhattan travel advice.
••• 6/2: An oral history of Nobu. Plus: The Battery Park City Authority’s new CFO is leaving already; the Fuku chicken-sandwich restaurant should open next week; Reade Street conversion update (above); five new members of Community Board 1.

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WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Sonia F. Stock for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? Click the link to discover the answer.

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FIELD TRIP: BAY RIDGE
A new ferry route runs between Wall Street and the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge, a charming area that feels like New York City of yore.

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