New Yorkers rush past bodegas, take-out joints and dry cleaners a hundred times a week without really seeing them. But at " Pedestrian ," the new exhibition by Brooklyn artist Charis Ammon at Sargent’s Daughters in Tribeca, those everyday facades get the kind of attention usually reserved for landmarks. A few of the paintings stretch nearly eight-by-twelve feet—almost the size of the storefronts themselves—so there’s no chance of treating them like background noise.

Ammon, who lives in Bushwick, has spent years thinking about what you notice when you move through a city on foot. Her first solo show was all about Houston’s sidewalks and underpasses, imparting a sensibility that stayed with her.

“I was thinking a lot about the rhythm of your footsteps and this sort of meditativ

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