–Lower Manhattan is booming, so much so that overcrowding has become a serious problem. [New York Times]
–Chinatown goes upscale: The Canal Street Market opens in time for the holidays. [New York Times]
–At Chinese Tuxedo, partners Jeff Lam and Eddy Buckingham are trying to change perceptions of dining in Chinatown and to attract a younger demographic to the neighborhood. [Eater]
–A Katz’s Deli knockoff popped up at Art Basel in Miami. [Bedford & Bowery]
–“Dear Ivanka;” New York artists stage a happening in Soho, making an appeal to contemporary art patron Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. [New Yorker]
–A night out with Joe Jonas as he gets carded at Clockwork Bar on Essex Street, before moving on to Decibel and Pyramid Club. [New York Times]