There’s a Serious Ice Cream Crime Epidemic; Psychedelic Temple Planned for Upstate

• Thieves have been swiping pints of Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s from drugstores so they can resell them at a bargain price to bodegas. [Grub Street]
• As of last night, and through Sunday, many of New York’s major landmarks will be lit red as part of a city-wide campaign to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. [TONY]
• Brooklyn woman who was the world’s oldest person has died at age 116. She was the very last American from the 1800s.[NBC]
• Famed visionary artist Alex Grey is planning to build a trippy temple in the Hudson Valley and load it with psychedelic art. [CityLab]
• L-train shutdown might turn 14th street into a bus-only zone. [Gothamist]

Images: Ben & Jerry’s via McLeod’s Palouse Market (L); Entheon cultural space (R)