Plus more on the court battle surrounding a local art advisor; a French treasure in Tribeca; rats on the rise. / 1 comment
Plus more on the court time brokering going on at Washington Market Park; the Liquor Store as retail heaven; a reflection on architect Rafael Viñoly. / 3 comments
Plus: does anybody live in the luxury super-talls? two new furniture stores get a shout-out; 65 Franklin secures funding; the priciest apartments are increasingly rented, not bought.
"We are not going to be a gallery," says art advisor Lisa Schiff, who has leased a White Street storefront. "We will remain an art advisory but collaborate, host talks and screenings and maybe some art bingo."
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