RESTAURANT COMING TO JUNGLE ON MARS?
As I walked past the papered over Jungle on Mars just south of Chambers at 88 West Broadway, a guy was walking out with a shirt for a kitchen ventilation company. Good news, but that might be a tricky location. Before Homemade by Miriam went in that space in June 2020, Rafi Hasid and his partners were proposing a tavern in that space, but there was trouble with the ventilation even then…

EERILY QUIET AUGUST WEEKENDS
I crossed against the light at Chambers and West Broadway on a Saturday with nary a car in sight — it’s been a long time since I did that. Maybe when we moved in in 2004? It was actually kind of spooky. Was too stunned to take a picture.

MARINE LAYER COMING TO BROOKFIELD
A. caught the sign for Marine Layer, the casual clothing company out of San Francisco, coming to Brookfield on the second floor next to Bonobos.

TRIBECA POOL PARTY AT FRIEDRICHS PONTONE
Friedrichs Pontone is hosting a group show showcasing a wide array of colors, techniques and mediums and featuring works by Martin Eder, Henry Jabbour (painting above), Malcolm Liepke, Matteo Massagrande, Yigal Ozeri, Reisha Perlmutter, Jarek Puczel, Miljan Suknovic, and Christopher Thompson. Through August 24.