–Part of a man’s leg washed up along the banks of the East River, near Sixth Street. [Daily News]
–Architecture critic Paul Goldberger describes Extell’s monstrous One Manhattan Square as, “a gargantuan, shiny glass tower that is not that different from a lot of what’s gone up in Long Island City and the West Side of Manhattan.” Meanwhile, another critic, Justin Davidson said it’s shocking to see the 80-story tower looming over the Manhattan Bridge, making one of the city’s, “great monumental pieces of infrastructure look puny in comparison.” He called Extell’s decision to “put up a big hunk of glass” in the remote Two Bridges area, “incredibly wasteful.” [Commercial Observer]
–Remembering Kate Millett, the pioneering feminist author who died at the age of 82 earlier this fall. [EV Grieve]
–A profile of Jessica Goldman Srebnick, who oversees the Bowery/Houston mural wall. [Channel 11]
–The Women of Corlears Hook Park: Photos by Ethan James Green. [Vogue Italia]
–One of the country’s best pizzerias may be coming to Orchard Street. [Eater]
–Russ & Daughters shows off its new food production facility in Brooklyn. [Bedford & Bowery]
