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Second Acts: Linda Brosterman
Who doesn’t love a reinvention story? And who among us isn’t trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up? The first in a series: a math teacher turned painter. / 6 comments
In the News: Hotel to (finally) replace big hole in the ground
Plus the city changed the speed limit on West Street: it is now 30 as of Saturday!! and Gourmet Garage is sold to a ShopRite operator; the millions of dollars of art in BPC; a memorial to tourists eaten by wolves.
Seen & Heard: Alec Baldwin caught in Statue ferry scam
Plus a protest is held against the plan for a White Street jail; Amanda Church and John Franklin at Hionas Gallery; NYC Ferry analysis shows record subsidies. / 3 comments
Nosy Neighbor: What’s happening with the Jeff Koons sculpture at 7 WTC?
H. writes: "Balloon Flower has gone missing for over a year. Any ideas? He's very tacky ... but I really miss it." / 3 comments
Nosy Neighbor: What’s this on the side of Pier 40?
I’m so curious- do you know what this is? It is on the side of Pier 40. It started pretty recently and says “I Want To Thank You.” / 2 comments
In the News: Millennium school safety officer killed off duty
Plus more mochi coming to Soho; ferry ticket seller sentenced in shooting; ferry service resumes to Jersey City at lunch; The Roxy hosts a Nordic film festival. / 16 comments
Now open: the new arts center on Governors Island
Governors Island and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council have opened a new gallery space on the island, and it has to have the most gorgeous views of any gallery in the city -- not to mention good art.
Seen & Heard: Anish Kapoor sculpture finally coming to 56 Leonard
Plus local editor chats with Michael Chabon; Macao building is for sale; '70s politics seen in art; a knighted Canadian fashion designer takes a space on Leonard and Church.
Portrait of the Artist: Brian Burns
The latest in photographer Claudine Williams's series of Q&As with local people in the arts: the screenwriter and television producer Brian Burns. / 1 comment
Robert Janz and the art of disappearing
There's no coincidence: Janz is using his water drawings as a metaphor for aging. It's both brilliant and poignant. Anyone over 50, read with caution. / 10 comments
In the News: Tribeca Pointe resident arrested for sexual assault of neighbors
Plus a shout out to the new West Thames bridge; another gallery immigrant coming from Chelsea; a retail vacancy report from the comptroller's office blames city regs.
Cortlandt Alley painting mystery (sort of) solved
Diana Wege's Earth Requiem series takes a classic -- Hudson River School painter Frederic Church's Niagara Falls painting -- and defaces it, as we have done to nature with our carelessness. / 1 comment
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Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
SW -- I have written extensively about "micromobility" harms. I have called for reforms that could help "powered" bikes and... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Looking forward to them opening, but still laughing at the idea that they are going to put seats in that... — N / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
I don't know what the legal speed on Chambers is, But the cameras do not trigger unless one is going... — Sandy / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Komanoff: “Driving and drivers are by far and away the bigger threat” when compared to bikes and e-bikes? I’m aware... — SW / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Thanks for article...such a ugly site walking out the front door...and wondering when it will end!!! — Vivian / Nosy Neighbor: What’s going on in the construction yard on Harrison?