Donald Trump inaugural ball will be a display of NYC cliches; Amazon opening book store at Time Warner Center
- All those years of Jersey jokes might be having an effect; the state is the most moved-from in the country (it probably has more to do with high property taxes and poor road conditions). [CNN]
- Why Christmas tree sales are still booming in Brighton Beach. [NYP]
- Reports say that one of Donald Trump’s inaugural balls will be in NYC and feature everything from huge cutouts of the Empire State Building to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” [TMZ]
- And here are all the ways you can protest Trump this month. [Gothamist]
- Amazon will open its first brick-and-mortar store in the city at the Shops at Columbus Circle later this year. [WSJ]
- The average Brooklyn worker would need a 27 percent raise to buy a borough home. [TRD]