How Pier 55’s Futuristic Park Plan Came to Be; Observation Deck at 1 WTC Gets a Street Entrance

• How Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg came up with the idea for a futuristic offshore park for Pier 55. [NYT]
• One World Trade Center’s observation deck moves closer to opening. New signage marking the entrance has appeared. [Curbed]
• Robert A.M. Stern discusses “poor doors” and Mayor de Blasio’s urban revitalization and affordable housing plans for NYC. [NYP]
• Developer Michael Stern, the man behind 111 West 57th, has plans to bring a new condo to Williamsburg. [Crain’s]
• A Brooklyn mechanic says that he’s the first person to legally live in a trailer in NYC. [NYP]
• #SaveNYC organizes a small business crawl. [Lo-Down]

Images: Diller’s plan for Pier 55 (L); Entrance for the observation deck at 1 WTC via Curbed (R)