It’ll Cost $32 Just to Walk into the WTC Restaurants; Video Parodies What MTA Conductors Really Think

• A new book recounts what life was like as a squatter in the ’90s. [Bedford + Bowery]
• We know it’s going to cost $32 to visit One World Observatory, but you’ll have to pay the admission fee even if you just want to dine at one of the top-floor restaurants. [NYP]
• The Whitney museum will throw an opening weekend block party with dance performance, live music, local artists, and more. [DNAinfo]
• Are New York’s eccentric street characters being pushed out? This web series aims to save the street culture. [Huck Magazine]
• Some never-realized plans for the future of Times Square, and some that still have hope. [NY Mag]
• If your subway conductor revealed his/her true feelings, it might sound something like this. [Gothamist]

Images: One WTC (L); Shot from “The MTA Is Not Apologizing” by Above Average (R)