Bill Joel buys at 211 Elizabeth Street, non-profit plans bike tour to protest for affordable housing … and more

1. Billy Joel buys $3.3M pad at 211 Elizabeth Street [Post]
2. Non-profit plans two-month bike tour to protest, raise funds for affordable housing in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Paper]
3. Modernist architecture movement hits Westchester [Post]
4. City panel meets with protests as it grants all-boys’ school space in Queens’ IS 59 [NYDN]

5. New Guggenhaim head slumming it with Pittsburgh-to-Manhattan move [WSJ]
6. The Roots bass player Owen Biddle moves into new Greenpoint rental [Post]

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7. Mt. Sinai in talks to save Greenwich Village’s St. Vincent’s hospital from closure [Post]
8. City paints over jail-themed decor at Bed-Stuy playground [NYDN]
9. Two UWS doormen meet halfway [NYT]
10. Central banks worldwide plan end to emergency lending programs [Reuters via CNBC]
11. Commerce Department: New home sales fell to record low in February [Market Watch]