Photo by Daniel Terna

SAMIA HALABY IN HER TRIBECA LOFT
Hyperallergic has a feature on the pioneering abstract painter Samia Halaby, who has lived and worked in her loft here since 1976. The Palestinian-American’s digital paintings are currently on view in the 2026 Whitney Biennial and were the subject of a 2026 exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She was also a professor at Yale for a decade. From Hyperallergic: “Like her paintings, [her loft] is a center of energy. Her kitchen backsplash is marked with squares of pure color — the wet paint from her brushes at the end of a work day (“less wasteful,” she tells me); her bedroom converts to an office space; and her studio is filled with new paintings in progress, paper drying racks, and her hanging acrylic-on-paper-maché sculptures.”

DAN GOLDMAN AND THE BROOKLYN COFFEESHOP KERFUFFLE
A. sent me the screenshot above of a Williamsburg coffeeshop that had the most rude reaction to (almost former) US Rep. Dan Goldman buying a coffee. I had decided it was too ridiculous to reprint, but then The Times did a whole story on it! So here it is, in case you missed it. Opposed to his support of Israel, the shop said they do not serve “genocide juice” and said they refunded his purchase after he left. The post and even the account has been deleted and there’s been a huge backlash — and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is investigating. I immediately thought of this awesome IG account — Brooklyn Coffee Shop. Highly recommend.

PRICE REDUCTION AT 99 WARREN PENTHOUSE
Crain’s reports that celebrity photographer Albert Watson has listed his penthouse in 99 Warren for $17.5 million, about 20 percent less than what he had asked for (and didn’t get) in 2016. The 3,800-square-foot three-bedroom has a wraparound terrace and a secret bedroom hidden behind a library wall. condo atop a 35-story spire at the intersection of Warren and Greenwich streets is not hurting for curb appeal. He bought it in 2008 for $13.4 million.

ANOTHER CONVERSION FOR FIDI
The Commercial Observer reports that Kings Capital has submitted an application with the Department of Buildings to convert 61 Gold Street, a 17-story vacant office building between Beekman and Ann, just across from Keste. There was a previous plan to convert the property into 90 units; this one proposes 108. The building was once a nursing facility.