By Chelsia Rose Marcius for DNAinfo

••• “A massive sign in the proposed redesign of Pier 17 on the South Street Seaport was panned by a community board committee Thursday as too bold and out of character with the historic waterfront site. The Landmarks Committee of Community Board 1 blasted the planned 9-by-90-foot illuminated ‘Seaport’ rooftop sign proposed by owner Howard Hughes Corp., noting concerns that such signage would overwhelm the new façade.” —DNAinfo

••• The New York Times Magazine has a daisy-chain story in which one person chooses a friend’s apartment, and that friend chooses a friend’s apartment. It ends with Janis Provisor’s and Brad Davis’s Tribeca loft. But they’re all beautiful—in pretty similar ways—mooting the point a bit.

••• “A Canadian company is holding the steel needed to build the new World Trade Center’s antenna ‘hostage’ for millions of dollars—jeopardizing the completion date for the tower and at least 100 iron-worker jobs, court papers charge.” —New York Post

••• The New York Times reviews A.R. Gurney’s “Heresy” at the Flea: “‘Heresy’ […] has the feeling of both an animated political cartoon and a cocktail-party-cum-pep-rally for like-minded souls. Set in a tomorrow recognizably rooted in today, this story of a charismatic, establishment-threatening young man named Chris (son to a carpenter named Joseph and his wife, Mary) isn’t much more than a sprightly sermon to the converted. On the other hand, how many sermons are delivered by a cast as tasty as this one?”