Seen & Heard: New openings at the malls

BANKSY AT THE WINTER GARDEN
A 6 x 9-foot, 7500-pound chunk of wall tagged by Banksy in Red Hook is on display at the Winter Garden through May 21. This unique, large-scale work by the famed British graffiti artist Banksy will be up for auction at Guernsey’s on May 21 in the Winter Garden, with proceeds supporting the American Heart Association. Created in 2013 on the wall of a warehouse in Brooklyn owned by Vassilios Georgiadis, Banksy‘s work, “Battle to Survive a Broken Heart,” features a red heart-shaped balloon covered in bandages. Read the story of how it came to be here in The Times.

SMORGASBURG IS OPEN
Smorgasburg is open on the Oculus North Plaza, 11a to 6p every Friday through October 24.

Plus There are some new vendors:

WARBY PARKER NOW AT BROOKFIELD
A. spotted signs for Warby Parker at Brookfield, taking over the Michael Kors space on the ground floor. Good addition.

PORTSIDE OPENS MAY 1
The outdoor seating area at Brookfield’s outdoor plaza — free to all — will open May 1.

TWO NEWBIES FOR THE OCULUS
Damselfly Flowers, which also just opened in Penn Station and already has shops at GCT and the Chelsea Market, is now open in tower 1 at the Oculus.

And Want Italy Pasta & Go is now next to Dunkin Donuts. They serve takeaway only freshly cooked pasta paired with your sauces in our takeaway boxes.

 

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