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A new report from UNESCO puts the Statue of Liberty among 31 of its sites that are at a “high-risk” for future damage from climate change. [Curbed] Fred W. McDarrah was the famed photographer for the Village Voice for 50 years. Now his son uses his images to lead walking tours of the Village. [Crain’s] From the […]

Long time ice cream truck favorite Mister Softee is being threatened by “occasionally bloody feuds” with competitor New York Ice Cream. [NYT] There have been more turf wars going on among feuding musicians at Central Park’s Strawberry Fields, but they’ve recently found a way to get along. [NYT] Bookings at Trump Hotels this year are down 59 percent compared […]

Governors Island opens for the season tomorrow. Here’s how to get there, what’s new, and what to do. [Brokelyn] Check out these infrared photos of Central Park, where wavelengths not visible to the human eye turn white into turquoise and green bright to cotton candy pink. [designboom] After listing her flowery East Hampton home last summer, eccentric […]

A stop-work order was issued for the Upper East Side tower where developers used a four-foot-wide lot as a loophole to build taller. [NYT] Mount Sinai Beth Israel, the 825-bed hospital that’s served downtown Manhattan for more than 125 years, confirms that it will sell off its building and move to a new, 70-bed facility. [NYT] Whole […]

3 World Trade Center is getting its concrete core before its steel columns and beams, a construction technique rarely used in New York. [NYT] A new analysis of ticket sales shows that New York is now a Mets town. [Gothamist] Here’s your full Fleet Week schedule! [DNAinfo] A secret art gallery popped up in the abandoned platform of Brooklyn’s Nevins Street […]

New York is home to about 500 feral cat colonies, many of which are under threat from gentrification and development. [NYT] The former president and CEO of Nathan’s Famous talks about selling hot dogs on Coney Island for 100 years. [Crain’s] A new report shows that 77 percent of L train riders would prefer a full […]

At least 1,500 props from the set of “Mad Men” are up for auction starting today. [NYT] Following a deal between the MTA and the publishers of amNY and Metro, free newspaper hawkers will no longer be in subway stations. [WNYC] 14 months after the East Village’s deadly gas explosion that destroyed Pommes Frites, the beloved Belgian-style fry cafe […]

Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky’s former home at the Grand Madison at 225 Fifth Avenue is now for sale asking $6M. [6sqft inbox] Why the New Yorker uniform has always been black-on-black-on-black. [New York Magazine] End Bike to Work Week with a summer Friday and head out to these best bike routes in each […]

Brooklyn Brewery will be opening up a beer garden, brewing facility, and restaurant in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [Gothamist] Ditch the toxic pesticide: Prospect Park will be hiring eight weed-eating goats to feast on the poison ivy, English Ivy, and goutweed that have taken over parts of the park. [WNYC] There are many places you can buy art in […]

Here’s how to wash every kind of tote bag. [Racked] A selfie stick with built-in studio lights and fans for perfect wind-blown-Beyonce-hair. [Mashable] Tour Eli Zabar’s rooftop greenhouse gardens in Yorkville. [92nd Street Y] Ralph Modica, Compass broker and creator of Burgopoly, is hosting Williamsburg Terrace Tour two nights this week. Peek inside 20 homes […]

A midtown restaurant is serving a $180 bowl of ramen, which it says is the world’s most expensive thanks to “Japanese-imported Wagyu beef, truffles and edible 24-karat gold flakes.” [WSJ] Maya Angelou’s historic Harlem brownstone is in contract. [Harlem Bespoke] Nurses from Mount Sinai Beth Israel claim the hospital is closing by the end of the […]

Thieves have been swiping pints of Häagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s from drugstores so they can resell them at a bargain price to bodegas. [Grub Street] As of last night, and through Sunday, many of New York’s major landmarks will be lit red as part of a city-wide campaign to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. [TONY] Brooklyn woman […]

Say goodbye to the selfie stick and use a “stick and shoot” camera instead. [Business Insider] The old Bronx courthouse may be turned into the Universal Hip Hop Museum. [CityLab] This graphic novel was inspired by a Williamsburg resident’s hellish L train commute. [DNAinfo] Check out Astor Place’s new design pavilion, sponsored by downtown supertall […]

This furniture collection references New York City construction details such as rebar, grid formations, and pinion elevators. [designboom] PlaceILive has new and improved features to help you find out which NYC neighborhoods best match your lifestyle. [6sqft inbox] Six years into Bloomberg’s controversial calorie count system, research shows that these labels have no affect on what New […]

The NYPD has solved the mystery of the Central Park Donald Trump tombstone. [Daily Intelligencer] Annabelle Selldorf’s five-unit condo at 347 Bowery has some new renderings ahead of its sales launch later this month. [6sqft inbox; CityRealty] The typical American household has roughly 50 devices and appliances plugged in at a given time. Those in “idle […]

WXY Architecture has released new renderings of The Brooklyn Strand, a 21-acre greenway that will connect the downtown waterfront, parks, and areas surrounding the Brooklyn Bridge and BQE. [6sqft inbox] The best part of living in New York state? It has the highest salaries. The worst part? The taxes. [attn] Lot Radio, the independent online radio […]

For every performance of “Hamilton,” at least $30,000 goes to ticket resellers. And with eight shows a week, that comes out to $240,000 every seven days or almost $12.5 million a year. [Bloomberg] The 2016 Manhattenhedge dates have arrived. [Gothamist] Here’s a look at NYC’s elevator data. There are 1,570 miles of elevator shafts, almost […]