JUST A FEW WEEKS LEFT AT CENTURY
Crain’s reports that all the Century 21 stores — there are 15 between here and Miami and three have already closed — will close permanently by mid-November, but no exact dates have been announced. The online sale has ended, but sales continue at all the stores. (They called it the “sale of the century” but I couldn’t even find that funny.) Nearly 130 workers will lose their job at our store.
The owners of Century — descendants of the founders — bought 21 Dey St. nearly three decades ago. The LLC that owns the building “has not filed for bankruptcy along with the company’s other entities… Still, the retailer is gearing up to sell its brand and other intellectual property—which is a clear signal that it is going to liquidate and likely sell the building,” a source told Crain’s.

THE PANDEMIC AS ENDURANCE ART
The Times found a fun connection to the current pandemic conditions and the endurance art of Tehching Hsieh created here in his studio in the late ’70s. (Of course Hsieh now lives in Brooklyn.) “Hsieh had constructed an 11.5-by-9-by-8-foot wooden cage in his studio in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood, and that day he locked himself inside, vowing that he would remain there for one year. He would do pretty much nothing: not read, write, talk or otherwise engage himself in any activities.” Sound familiar?

ROMANCE AT THE ODEON
The Odeon was the scene for a meet-cute (take two) in the (mini) Vows section, chosen as the venue because the groom’s father had served as a line cook there in the mid-80s.

MUSCLE MAKER GRILL GHOST KITCHEN
I *think* they are talking about a space in the Oculus, so someone fill in the blanks here if you know better: Muscle Maker Grill, which already has Healthy Joe’s on Murray, is opening a ghost kitchen here — meaning they cook there only to serve the third party food delivery apps like GrubHub et al. According to Globe Newswire, “the location is situated in a walk-up food court setting, and once restrictions are lifted in NYC at the end of this month, will give customers not only the opportunity to pick up food for themselves but a place to sit down and eat it as well.” It also said this about Tribeca: “It is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country with a median age group of 35 and with the ability to serve roughly 3.5 million people within a one-mile radius.” Now I feel old.