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BATTERY PARK CITY RAZES PUBLIC ART
The Broadsheet has been following the plans by Battery Park City to raze “Upper Room,” a site-specific sculpture by Ned Smyth installed nearly 40 years ago on Albany Street. Oddly, this is the quote from the authority’s president on the webpage that describes the art: “From coastal resiliency and sustainable green practices to the preservation of affordable housing, world-class public art, and vibrant, year-round programming in award-winning public spaces, Battery Park City leads the way in many of the measures that makes cities livable.”

CLOCKTOWER PENTHOUSE APARTMENT IN CONTRACT
The Post reports that the insane apartment at the top of the Clocktower Building on Broadway and Leonard is in contract. It was listed for $19 million and change.

A GUIDE FOR THE GALLERY DISTRICT
The Times has a feature on five apps that help sort through the gallery shows across the city, including here.

ELIZABETH STREET GARDEN CONVERTED TO PARKLAND
In case you follow this story (I do not as a matter of TC practice, but our City Councilman is involved), Hell Gate reports that Mayor Adams turned the Elizabeth Street garden site into parkland, making it much more difficult for the incoming mayoral administration to carry out plans to build affordable housing for seniors on the site.