••• Good news for area businesses: “Citigroup has signed a long-term lease to stay in its main Lower Manhattan office [388-390 Greenwich], striking a 2.6 million square-foot deal with landlord SL Green Realty Corp., according to multiple people briefed on the deal. […] The lease extends Citigroup’s presence in the building until 2035. […] Citigroup, which will do a massive overhaul of the space, plans to move employees from other New York locations to the complex once it is completed.” The photo is old, but I love it. (Thanks again to the reader who sent it in.) —Wall Street Journal
••• “The ‘Sphere'”—the sculpture that survived 9/11—” was simply being moved about 550 feet within the park, to a spot much closer to Castle Clinton, to accommodate the renovations.” —New York Times
••• “6 Cortlandt Alley, the condo development previously known as 372 Broadway, finally had its date with the Landmarks Preservation Commission yesterday, and the meeting went about as well as these things usually go with they focus on multi-story glass additions on top of old buildings: not all that well.” A shame. I happen to think it works. —Curbed
••• “The New York Historical Society has expressed grave reservations about a proposal that it lead a rescue of the financially troubled South Street Seaport Museum, according to a source familiar with the situation.” —Broadsheet
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