The Lost Dakota Stables; What Makes NY Bagels So Good?

• Looking back at the lost Dakota Stables, built for the use of the Dakota tenants, as well as the UWS neighborhood. [Daytonian in Manhattan]
• Take a day trip upstate to Kykuit, the 40-room mansion and impressive sculpture garden that were once the Rockefeller family estate. [Curbed]
• Does NYC have the best bagels because of its soft water? Find out in this video. [DNAinfo]
• The case of the mysterious owners of Witanhurst, London’s will-be second-largest mansion and most expensive house, mirrors the debate over foreign shell companies purchasing real estate in NYC. [The New Yorker]
• Sceneframing “The Avengers” around the city. [Fangirl Quest]
• Gentrification in Progress: A street artist installs an illicit overnight art piece at 190 Bowery. [Bowery Boogie]

Images: Dakota Stables via NYC-architecture (L); Bagels (R)