Plus Ken Wishnia at Mysterious Bookshop; field day at Rockefeller Park; the spray fountain is on at The Battery.
Plus River To River dates are set for June; Dennis Leary at the 9/11 Museum; NYAA"s longtime president will step down.
Plus Eataly Soho is open as of yesterday; Understanding warfare in Israel at the 9/11 Museum; Deck the Walls art sale at New York Academy of Art.
Plus the Portfolio School teachers are hosting a craft sale; a lecture at the 9/11 Memorial for Generation Disaster; a new sibling for the Grand Banks.
Plus Casa Carmen has added weekend brunch; CB1 is seeking a director of land use; the final 9/11 portrait is hung at the museum.
Photographer Jin S. Lee captured the ceremony and visits to the grounds by families yesterday. / 2 comments
Plus Priority Bikes gets its 15 minutes at the Golden Globes; Vietspot is open in Fidi for indoor dining; 9/11 Memorial Run/Walk is on for April - wherever you are. / 7 comments
After much debate, the Tribute in Light will shine today. The memorial museum will open to the public on Saturday, and a filmmaker transposes images of today's streets with scenes from 2001.
Plus: The "family social space with café" on Hudson will be huge; one store opening and another closing at the World Trade Center mall; free admission to the 9/11 Museum; Pen Parentis's secret new salon venue.
Plus: John Derian is opening a West Village shop; nice Chinatown restaurant reviewed; online seminar on traffic modeling and congestion pricing.
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