Plus: $136,000 worth of art held hostage in gallery seized by marshals; NYPD says it'll assign cops as crossing guards; the fake restaurant problem on Seamless and GrubHub.
Plus: This trend of parking half on the sidewalk; Lot 77 café appears to have closed; architecture critic Paul Goldberger; toy drive; exhibit of city-inspired art. / 2 comments
Plus: The floor plan for the Eataly at 4 World Trade Center; street-cart vendor robbed at knifepoint; testing out City Pole; anti-helicopter rally; Soho mural at risk; Tribeca Grill anniversary party.
Plus: Exhibit of dog photography; a Café Noir sister restaurant also closed; memories of 102 Charlton; town hall on MTA bus service. / 2 comments
Plus: Antiqueria's big warehouse sale; the Rockwell Group's light installation at Brookfield Place; post-mortem on Laughing Man's parklet; Café Noir seized by marshal; It's My Park Day at Washington Market Park. / 14 comments
The new gallery in the River Lofts building kicks off with the first New York City show of Moroccan-born Israeli A.Y. Ayache. Future exhibits won't necessarily be by Israeli artists: "I'm open to anything, if it feels right," says founder Zvi Reines.
Plus: Battery Park City Authority agrees to meet with its constituency; Brazilian café opening in the Seaport; cruise ship U-turn last night; the dance troupe at City Hall Park. / 8 comments
Plus: Stalled café on Worth; autumn at the Greenmarket; demolition of brick strip on Leonard; forum on birds killed by our glass skyline; a Bentley for toddlers; exhibit at Steven Amedee Gallery.
Plus: A profile of artist Robert Janz; Q&A with the manager of the Armoury; the state of development in New York City; 21-story building replacing two 19th-century tenements on Charlton.
Plus: New closing date for Raccoon Lodge; spectacular aerial shot of Liberty Park; Brazilian exhibit at R & Company; the booming edible insect industry; Friends of the Lower West Side benefit walking tour. / 1 comment
Inspired by classic Jazz Age Parisian boîtes, the intimate jazz club features vaulted ceilings, vintage lighting fixtures, and a state-of-the-art Meyer Sound system. / Sponsored
The Performa 15 biennial—"a lively investigative platform across disciplines, exploring not only the visual arts, but also dance, film, radio, sound, and architecture"—is at four Tribeca spaces through Nov. 22.
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