456 GREENWICH TOPS OUT; SEEKS LIQUOR LICENSE
The eight-story hotel will be completed in April 2022 and open for guests in July 2022. Basic room rates will be $1200, with suites going for up to $50k…a night.

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LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATE: BALLOON SALOON
With offices closed and parties outlawed, the neighborhood’s — and the city’s — premier supplier of balloons and fun is barely getting by while battling an enemy: Amazon.

SEEN & HEARD
A virtual open house on the climate resiliency plan today; plus endorsements from a downtown political club; parking in the no parking area; movie theaters can open.

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LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATE: 87 ON WALKER
87 on Walker opened in August 2019, just six months before the city shut down entirely. It’s likely too tough to put it back together now.

ELECTRIC DANDELIONS AT THE SEAPORT
Art alerts: the Seaport has a series of exhibits up now; plus cook with the Museum of Chinese in America online; the Children’s Museum of the Arts will hold its auction online.

14-YEAR-OLD PAINTS BLACK ICONS FOR 200 HUDSON
A stroll down Hudson at Canal features an outdoor gallery of the portraits of Tyler Gordon, whose work has already gotten him on the cover of TIME.

SEEN & HEARD
Walker’s is back open; Jenni Kayne had a coat drive; smoking is on the rise; Nili Lotan is featuring local businesses on her Instagram.