••• South Korean artist Gimhongsok‘s trash-bag teddy bear sculpture is up in Tribeca Park. It’s smaller than I expected—possibly because Jeff Koons’s “Puppy” created unrealistic expectations. P.S. I hereby name it Hefty.
••• A Shinola ad in the New York Times says that the brand is opening a store in Minneapolis.
••• Something identified on the flyers as “Holiday LLC” is shooting in the Broadway/Warren area on Friday. I reached to @OLV to see if it knows what’s up: “Might be related to the Chris Rock project,” was the reply. “I’ll try to find out (original title of that movie was something holiday).”
••• Don’t forget: The Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour—a.k.a. the TOAST Art Walk—kicks off this Friday, running through the weekend. If you’ve never been, you really should do it—you don’t have to go to all of the studios, just pick an artist or two whose work you like, and drop by. It’s a treat to see them in their workspaces and talk to them about their work. And if you have done it, then you know that already.
••• Exceed Physical Culture put up some signage on its new Reade Street location.
••• From New Amsterdam Market: “El Poblano Farm, a New Amsterdam Market vendor since 2012, is organizing a limited-membership CSA with Tuesday deliveries of fresh produce to Made Fresh Daily. To learn more click here. We are working with beloved market vendor Flying Fox to create a ‘Fruit CSA’”—now we’re talking!—”whose subscribers will be able receive prime fruit gathered at peak ripeness by fruiterer Maggie Nesciur. The pick-up location will be the Market Office at 223 Front Street. If you are interested in learning more, please send a note to: info@newamsterdammarket.org.”
••• Welcome back, Chambers! The Greenwich-W. Broadway block is two-way for the first time in forever, and the W. Broadway-Church block is looking close. Maybe we should do a pool: Pay $5 and choose a date in the next 12 months when you think the first jackhammering will be.