FLATBUSH—The Kings Theatre announced today that Diana Ross will perform the inaugural concert at the incredibly restored movie palace when it reopens in February. It will be the first performance at the theatre (the largest in Brooklyn) in more than four decades, following an extensive $93.9 million restoration and renovation. [CurbedWire Inbox; previously]
FINANCIAL DISTRICT—Photographer Gerry Padden is the winner of a public photo contest hosted by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The firm held the #WelcomeOneWTC contest from November 3 to December 3, 2014 to mark the official opening of One World Trade Center and will award Padden a one-of-a-kind scale model of the tower, handcrafted by the firm's model shop in Manhattan, as well as a limited-edition print of One World Trade Center, taken by photographer James Ewing. [CurbedWire Inbox; previously]