SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE COMING TO LOWER MANHATTAN
Cruise Automation, which is owned by General Motors, is setting up in Hudson Square and using the area to test its driverless cars.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR
“Do you know why the building at Canal and Vestry is being covered in metal?” —N. The answer.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 2/26: Café temporarily closed. Plus: Big “Daredevil” TV shoot this week; more on the forthcoming appliance center (and historical details it discovered during renovation); Ward III’s sister establishment in D.C.; best restroom paper towels (above).
••• 2/27: Yves got more French. Plus: Security warning; listing for the Koh’s Kids space on Greenwich; the Craft Studio’s Tribeca location is a pop-up; the New York City Drone Film Festival; tackiness at Whole Foods.
••• 2/28: Arcade Bakery now sells breakfast sandwiches. Plus: Forensic sculpture exhibit; checking in on the two buildings going up at Church and Chambers; Parachute opening a store on Grand; exhibit about race and class in Brazil.

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: ORTUZAR PROJECTS
Reasoning that a gallery must “prove it wants to exist,” founder Ales Ortuzar has committed to just two years, with four shows a year. The focus is on art from the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly work that hasn’t been seen in New York City in a while. First up: Michel Parmentier.

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IN THE NEWS
••• 2/26: “Virtue signaling” and Street Seats (above). Plus: New sister restaurants for Dark Horse Tavern and Akimoto Sushi; Scott Stringer’s proposal for Battery Park City income; when Tammany Hall was on Nassau Street.
••• 2/27: Tetsu’s basement dinners start at $380 per person. Plus: Westville added menu items for the first time in years; Gay Pride will be uptown this year; pie-in-the-sky renderings for the waterfront; Artists Space opening forecast.

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WHAT’S OPENING WHEN AT THE SEAPORT DISTRICT
There’s a new timeline for the Seaport District, including restaurants from Jean-Georges Vongerichten, David Chang, and By Chloe, and shops like McNally Jackson and 10 Corso Como. Just added to the list: An 11,000-square-foot restaurant from the team behind Locanda Verde and Little Park.

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