Field Trip: Fisher Landau Center for Art
The museum exists solely to show the art owned by Emily Fisher Landau, who collected works from 1960 on. There's never anyone there, so you get three floors of contemporary art to yourself.
Seen & Heard: Weekend Lunch at Café Altro Paradiso
Plus: Has Serafina postponed its liquor-license hearing?; "for rent" sign spotted at the former Tara of Tribeca space; site-specific dance performance on the Lilac; Torly Kid's spinoff travel service.
In the News: Assault on the Massage Table
Plus: The economics of film festivals; Wyeth and its owner, John Birch; hit-and-run driver to face prison time; looking back at the city's first railroad line; push-polling incident gets weirder. / 1 comment
Seen & Heard: One King’s Lane Warehouse Sale
Plus: A peek inside the Beekman hotel's atrium (and update on the restaurants); discounted co-ed classes this Sunday at Aqua; Margaret Chin responds to push-poll incident; light sculpture at Patrick Parrish. / 5 comments
New Kid on the Block: JinSoon
"I want people to be able to relax in a setting that's not factory-like, with nice design and a warm feeling," says Jin Soon Choi. Credit must be shared with her husband, architect John Coughlan: They fell in love after she hired him for her first salon.
Newsletter: June 2
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A Piece of Tribeca® (Part 9)
From Kolkata to Paducah, elder care to special sauce: Tribeca is taking over the world. / 5 comments
In the News: Santos Party House Has Closed
Plus: Kid gets head stuck in fence; possible home for the "Sphere"; visitors to World Trade Center observatory far below forecast; FiDi arcade proponents deny posing as councilmember; Wavertree returning early; subsidizing artists.
New Kid on the Block: Sapar Contemporary
"We're looking for artists with some footprint showing where they're coming from, but also traversing boundaries," says Nina Levent, co-founder of the gallery on N. Moore. "Most are mid-career artists who have done major things in their careers. But for a lot of them, we're the only U.S. representation."
Seen & Heard: Pure Barre Opens Tomorrow
Plus: A new serialized novel about Tribeca; Serafina needs to get to know its new neighborhood better; "Where in Tribeca...?" answer; outrigger regatta and luau. / 2 comments
Best Friends Is Opening a Pet Adoption Center
This is the first brick-and-mortar location in New York City for the world's largest no-kill sanctuary. / 2 comments
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Stop fretting. By the time 277 Canal is finished, the $9 congestion toll will have reached $12 (2028), en route... — Komanoff / Plans moving forward for northeast corner of Canal and Broadway
Despite justified concerns about congestion and traffic on Canal Street, NYC continues to enable development that will increase traffic and... — ala / Plans moving forward for northeast corner of Canal and Broadway
Agree with you but I think they are making a long term bet it won’t maintain its current state of... — Cw / 312-322 Canal will be redeveloped as residential
Isn’t that the northwest corner of canal and broadway? Or am I misunderstanding? — Cw / Plans moving forward for northeast corner of Canal and Broadway
That red tape includes landmarks, zoning, building code enforcement and provision of electric and gas. All of this is made... — James Bogardus / In the News: The “scion” of Meadow Lane
The history of Collect Pond clarifies why this topography exists as a flood zone. The 1865 Viele topographical map of... — James Bogardus / In the News: The “scion” of Meadow Lane
Looks good. However, who would want to pay Tribeca prices to live (or have a business) with the counterfeit bazaar... — Marcus / 312-322 Canal will be redeveloped as residential