••• The New York Times profiles photographer Clay Benskin (again), whose day job is as a super in Tribeca. You’ve seen his wonderful work several times on this site.

•••  More on Canal Street Market, the food hall opening this fall on Canal between Broadway and Lafayette: “The retail portion of the market will launch Oct. 13, and will feature more than 27 artists including ceramics crafters Virginia Sin, Leibal Minimal Home Goods and Fox Fodder Farm Flowers.” Food starts Nov. 1. “The space will also include a large seating area for dining, an indoor garden, a newsstand and coffee shop, and a 100-square-foot glass room occupied by an artist in residence as an observable work station.” —DNAinfo

••• “The NYPD will hold a special parade in Lower Manhattan in September to mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.” It’ll be Sept. 9 and go from Bowling Green to the Police Memorial in Battery Park City. —DNAinfo

••• A look at the contenders for Sheldon Silver’s former seat. —New York Times

••• “For the first time since 1994, the John W. Brown will visit New York. She’ll dock at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side (299 South St at foot of Montgomery St.) and be open for tours, starting with a fundraising reception the evening of September 9 and ending with a 6-hour living history cruise on September 18.” —Broadsheet

••• “Dunsmore: Illustrating the American Revolutionary War, 47 newly restored paintings, is now on view at the Fraunces Tavern Museum, a fitting venue for the artist [John Ward Dunsmore] who lived from 1856 to 1945.” —Tribeca Trib