Plus the efforts to save 60 Wall; more on the fight over Wagner Park; 30 Park Place penthouse sells to the son of the richest man on earth.
The past few years have seen a number of major additions to Tribeca's gallery scene, particularly in the northeast. Now, with another significant gallery heading to Walker Street, even more momentum is on the way. / 2 comments
Plus: "Leadership rumble" inside Community Board 1; new Cortlandt Alley condo rendering; the Tribeca loft of artist Grimanesa Amorós; Gyllenhaal/Swinton film shoot.
Plus: Shirt store closing; Grimanesa Amorós light installation; art-critic couple interviewed.
Plus: Petition opposing criminal court move; Woolworth Building storefront tenant; tour of Tribecan art collectors' homes; Garry Trudeau TV pilot shooting here; comedy benefit; Aaron Neville contest.
That headline should be a question but (a) I figured you'd be more likely to read this post with the headline as is, and (b) I'm hoping we might reach a conclusion. So, what's hanging in your lobby? / 2 comments
Gardiner Comfort's essay about the old manual elevators that used to be everywhere in Tribeca gave me license to ask artist Grimanesa Amorós whether I could shoot the elevator at 54 N. Moore—and it turns out there are two. This is the second one. / 8 comments
Gardiner Comfort's essay about the old manual elevators that used to be everywhere in Tribeca gave me license to ask artist Grimanesa Amoros whether I could shoot the elevator at 54 N. Moore—and it turns out there are two. This is the first one.
"Every kid who grew up downtown in the old days remembers riding in freight elevators," reminisces Gardiner Comfort. "All the old industrial buildings had them: hand-operated, ancient cages that left the brick shaft walls open and the distant vanishing point of the top floor visible." / 3 comments
Coming very soon. Plus: School zoning meeting tonight; art installation at Tribeca Issey Miyake; update on Aamanns/Copenhagen.
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