MONUMENT PLANS GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD
There is no longer a Labor Day deadline; no location has been chosen; a new committee will include local stakeholders. Plus a reader sends in a great idea…

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LOFT PEEPING: KEN BROWN & LISA CRAFTS
Also known around these parts as Santa, Ken Brown’s loft reflects 36 years of collecting, curating and observing in New York City.

IN THE NEWS
Break-in at Greenwich Street Tavern. Plus selling the gallery district; Hunter Biden art protest; Equinox sued for back rents; catching up on the monument.

SEEN & HEARD
Oysters get their own condos. A few of the billion will move to Tribeca. Plus a sound practitioner will host a “bath” on Saturday; CB1 will continue hybrid for guests; wine tastings at the Seaport.

FUNDRAISER LAUNCHED FOR PIER 26 PLAYGROUND
The Hudson River Park Friends has launched a campaign for a playground on the park’s last bit of land in Tribeca. Construction would start next year.

IN THE NEWS
The Hibernians weigh in on the monument; local penthouses that set records; a Gossip Girl downtown pad; Bumble Brew in Soho.

CHANSON PROGRESS
The patisserie on Greenwich and Harrison is getting closer. Plus a Startover discussion with TC; the Skyscraper Museum celebrates the supertalls; an abandoned newsstand at City Hall.

MORE PROBLEMS FOR BPC DUCKLINGS
A feathered friend gets trapped in the fencing around the lily pads, but lives to tell about it.