FIVE POINTS GETS STREET RENAMING
6sqft reports that the city renamed the corner of Worth and Baxter as Five Points, marking the exact location of the notorious 19th-century slum that was home to a diverse group of immigrants. “There was no official marker at the site to honor the historic spot, considered to be one of the country’s first ‘melting pots.’ But a successful effort spearheaded by Lloyd Trufelman, who is a tour guide with the Municipal Art Society, along with groups like the New York Adventure Club and the Historic Districts Council led to the street co-naming.”

EVOLUTION OF SSAM BAR
I will get to this new kid soon — it’s great, and that is my favorite buildout at Pier 17 — but in the meantime here’s some reading from the New Yorker on David Chang’s latest, which they call an “LED-lit behemoth.” (I totally disagree. It’s the coziest and most charming of all the spaces down there, and that is not just a relative description.)

ART BORN OUT OF A TRIBECA BATHROOM
I love that a Tribeca bathroom played a role — even if very tangential — in the creative development of Kenzo Digital, the man behind the new installation Air at the Summit building on 42nd Street. Plus how cool that his uncle is Nam June Paik.

TSUNIS GOES TO GREECE
Axios reported that Battery Park City chairman, hotel exec and major Democratic donor George Tsunis was nominated by Biden to be the ambassador to Greece. “Tsunis was Obama’s choice for Norway in 2012, but he stumbled in his confirmation hearing. Republican Sen. John McCain — and the entire country of Norway — pounced, and Tsunis’ nomination languished. The nomination, expected this afternoon, will come before the Greek foreign minister arrives in Washington to sign a renewed Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement on Oct. 14 that will bolster the U.S. Navy’s presence in Souda Bay on the coast of Crete.” Reuters had an update.