Plus Google is wrapping up at Pier 40; more empty offices in Fidi; inside 56 Leonard. / 1 comment
Plus 381 Broadway sells; a penthouse design at Jenga; Hotel Indigo in Fidi is open.
Plus a record price for a rental at the Jenga building; an aspiring contract killer busted in BPC; a video on the Leaning Tower of Fidi.
The sculpture dba The Bean at 56 Leonard is completely revealed as its shiny curvy self. / 10 comments
The monumental (and significant) sculpture has been under construction at the Jenga building since February 2019. It will be fully unobstructed by noon.
Plus Mary Jaeger will host a studio sale; Ilya's Barber Shop is still open; the Bean gets a polish.
Tribecan and architect Lee Mindel has opened a gallery that will be a "platform for the intersection of art, architecture and design." Not to mention a short commute. / 2 comments
The sculpture wedged under 56 Leonard has been under construction since February 2019. / 3 comments
Workers are now sanding down the seams on the steel sculpture, which when finished will have been a three-year project to install. / 5 comments
A trail to Canada starts here. Plus a new listing for the Cast Iron House; the top downtown sale of 2021; a man is shoved onto the tracks at Chambers. / 2 comments
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