Plus: De Blasio caught flak for visiting a Tribeca school; free eye portraits; Tribeca Film Festival's virtual-reality lineup; work starts on a Harrison Street storefront. / 7 comments
Plus: Tribeca Art+Culture Night is next week; new items at Arcade Bakery; Buddha Bar says the renderings aren't accurate; authors discuss immigration; "Law & Order: SVU" is here again. / 4 comments
Plus: Discounted tickets on sale for Taste of Tribeca; is Wagyumafia restaurant opening here?; star in a Tribeca photo shoot; "for rent" signs at Haus; Hal Bromm photography show. / 4 comments
Plus: Traffic monitors on Reade and Warren; M9 bus rerouting; Broadway store for rent; Krappy Kamera winners at Soho Photo. / 4 comments
On Hudson, Warren, and in the former Denny's space. Also on Community Board 1's March agendas: The helicopter situation; another Tribeca building gets WeWorked; new art for Foley Square; more. / 2 comments
Plus: How Pier 17 is going to cope with crowds and noise from its rooftop events; the Vongerichten market at the Seaport District will have a food court; Big East executive's Sunday routine.
Plus: The city's Derelict Bicycle Removal Program; "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" at Steven Amedee; check-cashing service rebranded; Shun Yi Association on White Street. / 2 comments
Plus: SLT's Tribeca studio opens today; checking in on the Worth Street reconstruction project; residential conversion on Franklin; Richard Aldrich show at Bortolami; two shoots. / 4 comments
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.
Plus: Westville added menu items for the first time since 2003; Gay Pride will be uptown this year; pie-in-the-sky renderings for the waterfront; Artists Space opening forecast.
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.
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. / 3 comments
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