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INSIDE HELLUVA TOWN Source Lunch LuckyRice expands foodie fest PAGE 22 Out and About Celebrating the Duke Brushing up on new talent Watching the contemporary-art market soar can be disheartening for those without millions to invest in a Pollock or a Rothko (below). But a trio of longtime art collectors are trying to create a fund that will give aspiring investors a chance to find the next big star for a mere $25,000. Peter Hort and two partners are attempting to raise $10 million for Contemporary Art Collection Inc., which will buy and sell works from emerging artists—a strategy they say will allow for greater appreciation than a focus on established names. Mr. Hort and his family are wellknown collectors of emerging art who have had some success spotting talent. Through a nonprofit they started, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, they have made grants to several emerging artists who have gone on to become important, including Kehinde Wiley and Keltie Ferris. However, Mr. Hort stresses that this will be separate from his family’s activities. “We want to help change how people invest in art,” said Mr. Hort. “I think we are filling a niche.” —theresa agovino PAGE 23 THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE: Chris Lessler, owner of motorcycle-clothing store Union Garage, left his full-time job to learn motorcycle mechanics. Oyster Bar shells out for birthday Grand Central Terminal’s famed Oyster Bar & Restaurant will celebrate its 100th anniversary on April 19, just months after the station’s Feb. 2 centennial bash. The subterranean eatery is among a rarefied handful in the city with such longevity, including Delmonico’s, Peter Luger and Keens. To mark the occasion, the Oyster Bar will throw a gala event, including a cocktail hour, dinner, live music and a silent auction benefiting the American Cancer CAP LEADIN KO: caption readout KO go here and here and here and here Vroom! Motorcycle culture booms in Brooklyn as hipsters get hooked Society. Patrons will pay $119.13 —a nod to the restaurant’s 1913 launch. Celebrity chef Sara Moulton will be on hand, along with radio personality Shelli Sonstein of Q104.3’s Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show. “We wanted to separate the terminal celebration from ours,” said chef Sandy Ingber. The restaurant will serve its 100 millionth oyster at the event, he predicts. “We currently sell at least 5,000 oysters each day,” he said. Mr. Ingber, who has worked for the restaurant for 23 years and has been its executive chef since 1996, will offer a $20.13 fish special each week for the rest of the year. A cookbook of the restaurant’s signature dishes comes out in September. —lisa fickenscher W ROLLING BY CARA EISENPRESS hen The Shop Brooklyn opens in Bushwick this summer, its motorcycle workbenches will be dwarfed by the venue’s other offerings: a barbecue pit, a retail shop and a 5,000-square-foot warehouse for concerts and parties. ¶ “It’s the style, the fashion, the music, the food, the drinks,” said owner Dan Lyle. “Everything.” ¶ Motorcycle culture is booming in Brooklyn, and new businesses are revving up to cater to the growing cadre of riders. Registrations in the borough are up 22% since 2007, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles, almost double the increase in registrations citywide. ¶ The Shop will join nearly a dozen motorcycle garages that have opened in neighborhoods like Red Hook, Williamsburg, Bushwick and Gowanus in the past five years. Most of them focus squarely on repairs, yet they satisfy a social purpose: bringing together a group of like-minded Brooklynites, and forming the backbone of a resurgent community. ¶ While there remain redoubts of Harley-loving, See MOTORCYCLE on Page 22 Hells Angels-affiliated bikers in the city, the latest crop of shops Motorcycle registrations, Brooklyn 9,415 7,332 2007 2012 Source: NY Department of Motor Vehicles April 15, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 21

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - April 15, 2013

IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
THE INSIDER
BUSINESS PEOPLE
CORPORATE LADDER
OPINION
STEVE HINDY
GREG DAVID
REAL ESTATE DEALS
REPORT: SMALL BUSINESS
THE LISTS
CLASSIFIEDS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
SOURCE LUNCH
OUT AND ABOUT
SNAPS

Crains New York - April 15, 2013