These Chairs Were Made in 3 Days

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( THURSDAY, MAY 25 design [These Chairs Were Made in 3 Days]( “Make-do,” curated by the L.A. gallery Marta and auction house Catalog Sale, is an homage to not overthinking it. Photo: Jason Le, Courtesy Marta At the foot of the Bowery, there’s a strange-looking postmodernist building with an arched metal door framed by slender columns and capped with a mint-green pediment. It’s been vacant for ten years, and the last tenant seems to have ripped out whatever they could, leaving behind only cracked linoleum floors, uneven tile, and galvanized-metal walls — traces of the building’s past lives as a bank, a nightclub, and, most recently, a medical center. Until May 27, it’s the site of “Make-do,” a pop-up exhibition of 24 antique and contemporary chairs organized by Benjamin Critton and Heidi Korsavong, founders of the [Los Angeles–based gallery Marta](, and Avi Kovacevich, a co-founder of the auction house [Catalog Sale](. Like the architecture that surrounds it, the furniture in the show is also patched together: chairs made from eyewash stations, safety cones, car-seat covers, tree branches, an old quilt that would probably turn to dust if you actually sat down on it. Most are lined up on a jagged powder-blue platform that cuts through the center of the room, part of an exhibition design by Cat Snodgrass of Bi-Rite Studio that mostly leaves the half-demolished space as it is. [Continue reading »]( [Join us May 31]( for an exclusive event, [Making The Strategist 100](, where editors will discuss how they curated [their collection of the most-stood-behind products]( that have ever appeared on the site. [RSVP here](. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Look Book Goes to the Rachel Comey Sample Sale We talked to shoppers on day two.]( By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell [The Best Running Shops in New York Running stores for serious shoes or just hanging out.]( By Jeremy Rellosa [JPMorgan Chase Bets Big on the Revival of Midtown If you build it, 270 Park says, they will commute.]( By Christopher Bonanos [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( Introducing The City Desk, a weekly newsletter about New York. [Sign up to get it every Thursday](. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](link.nymag.com/manage/588/optout-curbed?email={EMAIL}&hash=6c53b63a8e3fad70ad4ef13004527437¶m=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved