"I always ask the question, 'Why is this art being made now? Could it have been made before?'" says Magdalena Sawon of Postmasters Gallery, which has just moved from Chelsea to Franklin Street. "What connects everything we show is that it deals with the fiber of our time." / 1 comment
Plus: Italian shoemaker Mauri has closed; Nish Nush's sister; ROC's adult Halloween party; more trick-or-treat options; Alex Katz poster; Aaron Neville winner. (Update: A city probation office is coming to FiDi.) / 6 comments
...along with the World Trade Center passageway. Plus: Two stars for Le Restaurant; the name of Brookfield Place's French megamarket; DiCaprio eats; Bridge Café update; Imperial Coffee House; 405 Greenwich analysis; photographer Billy Kidd. / 1 comment
Plus: Inside Bisutoro; Tribeca Film Festival suing over reneged Pier 57 deal; Little Syria plaque. / 5 comments
Plus: New renderings of Pier 17 (and a promise to help the South Street Seaport Museum); buyer for One Chase Manhattan Plaza; rave for Taymour Grahne Gallery show. / 4 comments
Plus: Petition opposing criminal court move; Woolworth Building storefront tenant; tour of Tribecan art collectors' homes; Garry Trudeau TV pilot shooting here; comedy benefit; Aaron Neville contest.
Plus: Who's handing out candy on Halloween; Banksy mural covered with plastic; neat mural; what's happening at 68 Thomas?; Elizabeth Street Garden. / 2 comments
Plus: Win two tickets to Aaron Neville at the BMCC Performing Arts Center; what the "Moonquake" film shoot really is; police meeting; Gurhan opening date clarification.
Plus: Candy thief leaves baby behind; steakhouse stabbing; crossing guards to go unfunded; Khe-Yo and Mangez Avec Moi; Aether boutique; another hotel in FiDi. / 4 comments
The famous street artist has created an homage to 9/11 on Staple Street. Yay or meh? / 7 comments
Tribecans Leticia Ortega and Dionisio Cortes have opened "the smallest art gallery in New York," on Chambers Street, in what used to be a souvenir kiosk. It's just 48 square feet, but the inaugural show has 26 works by 11 artists.
Plus: The Bigger Place has rebranded as Mariachi's; (Tribeca) Canvas update; mystery at Laight and Washington solved; a good omen at the Chambers construction; Moonquake shoot. / 2 comments
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