Plus a walkway opens around a Chelsea pier; tracking the Fidi population; a one-woman show about Dr. Ruth.
The latest from a local chess expert -- who is also 12; recipes from Maman's kitchens; a coloring book of Washington Market Park; the history of the Brooklyn Bridge and more.
Starting Dec. 17, the island will host a skating rink, fire pits, holiday lights and even sled rentals on weekends and Fridays.
Shoji at 69 Leonard has a new chef and a new name. Plus the building of the Brooklyn Bridge; Georg Baselitz at Luhring Augustine; Two Bridges site sells.
While not scheduled to be finished till 2023, the cube's facade is now nearly complete. / 2 comments
The west side of the supermarket goes largely self-checkout. Plus Mapplethorpe in movement at an Oculus gallery; two salons decamp from Tribeca. / 22 comments
Plus a clothing drive for needy kids from HRP Mamas; Larry Silverstein on the dearth of old fogies downtown; Le Coucou has reopened.
The American legend created the sculpture in 2017 as a three-dimensional version of his 1962 homage to Jasper Johns. / 1 comment
For decades, Janz's work explored the fleeting, the impermanent, and in his last decade, he found obvious and brilliant parallels between art and life. / 12 comments
Plus Hionas Gallery reopens with a group show; a new subterranean bar at the Walker Hotel; Bubby's art on the Upper East Side.
The Alamo Drafthouse is renamed the Ivan Reitman. Plus a relic from the Towers Cafeteria; Hunter Biden in Soho; another novel set in Tribeca. / 3 comments
Plus the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is nearing completion; Tribeca Rogue gets a nod; the Howard Hughes Corporation scales back its donation to the Seaport Museum. / 13 comments
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UN report on counterfeiting and organized crime: https://www.unodc.org/toc/en/crimes/counterfeit-goods.html — Marcus / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
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