51st Street Station Gets Massive New Glass Door; Brooklyn War Memorial May Reopen

• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill added this giant, curving glass door to the 51st Street 6 train subway station. [Contemporist]
• This app will match any color you see in nature with a nail polish. [Mashable]
• Lonely? A weird machine will give you a hug when no one else will. [NY Mag]
• A proposed $12 million renovation of Cadman Plaza would reopen the Brooklyn War Memorial and add a visitors’ center, cafe, and rooftop terrace. [BK Paper]
• Touring Manhattan’s 19th century French Quarter, present-day Soho. [Ephemeral NY]
• Catlady Craft Night returns this weekend, offering feline lovers a DIY themed crafting party. [Brokelyn]

Images: Courtesy SOM / © Eduard Hueber | archphoto (L); Rendering of renovated Cadman Plaza via WXY Architecture (R)