One WTC’s Elevator Descent Will Fly You Through FiDi; Starbucks Is Coming to Bushwick

• Construction may be booming, but there is a record shortage of homes on the market. The low inventory is causing prices to jump and making it harder for folks to move to, let along buy in, New York. [Crain’s]
• Eight of the ten “Broken Angel” condos are in contract after launching sales less than a month ago. [Brownstoner]
• We know that the elevator to the top of One World Trade Center will offer up a time-lapse view of the city’s skyline through the years, but here comes word that the descent will give ticket holders a fly-through aerial view of the Financial District. [NYT]
• Has the ultimate sign of gentrification occurred in Bushwick and Ridgewood? There’s a Starbucks about to pop up on the border of the two nabes. [DNA Info]

Images: Inside the 1 WTC elevator via NYT (L); Starbucks coffee cup (R)