Morning Reads: Photography Center Bowery-Bound, NYU Fight, LES Art Galleries On a Roll

By
Ed Litvak
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The highly regarded International Center of Photography is moving from Midtown to the Bowery, in a building near the New Museum. The organization’s board approved the purchase plan this week. Exhibitions are expected to begin no later than the middle of next year. Executive Director Mark Lubell “declined to say how much would be spent on the new building or to provide the address, explaining that sensitive negotiations toward a contract were underway.” (NYT)

Ashkenazy is the new owner of Avalon Chrystie Place (Real Estate Weekly).

Residents, politicos rally — as NYU tries to overturn a court ruling blocking part of its aggressive expansion plan. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick says to Mayor de Blasio: “We are begging you to put the people first.” (Post)

“A stroll through the Lower East Side reveals this month’s best (art) exhibitions, with a verve unmatched elsewhere in the Big Apple right now.” (Artnet)

A mural obscured for five years is about to reappear on the Bowery/Houston wall (EV Grieve).

Julian Casablancas and Karen O interview each other on the Lower East Side (Time Out).

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