Editors’ Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

New York City plans to turn Soho’s Elizabeth Street Garden, an urban oasis filled with neoclassical statuary, into affordable housing for the elderly. Advocates of public green space have filed a lawsuit attempting to save the garden. The Cultural Landscape Foundation, which in November added the garden to its Landslide program aimed at preserving threatened landscapes, is hosting a panel discussion for community garden representatives, activists, and scholars to consider the needs for green space and public housing, and how both can be addressed by city planners.