WTC Transportation Hub to Open in March; ‘Working Canines’ Named NY State Dog

• Santiago Calatrava’s long-delayed and incredibly-over-budget World Trade Center Transportation Hub is set to open in March. [Politico]
• “Working canines” were named the official state dog of New York. This includes police dogs, military dogs, drug-sniffing dogs, airport dogs, therapy dogs and seeing eye dogs. [NYDN]
• After four-and-a-half months, an extreme New Yorker rode his Citi Bike 2,700 miles from NYC to California. [NBC]
• St. Peter’s Church Chelsea — aka the Christmas Church because of its ties to Clement Clark Moore and ‘The Night Before Christmas’ — needs $15 million in repairs. [NYT]
• When Brooklyn baseball teams played on ice. [Ephemeral NY]

Images: WTC Transportation Hub rendering (L); NYPD dog (R)