Smartphone app gives bathroom access in strangers’ homes, more and more foreign-owned restaurants … and more

1. Smartphone app gives bathroom access in strangers’ homes
[NYDN]
2. More and more foreign-owned restaurants
[NYT]
3. Hovnanian minimizes loss
[WSJ]
4. Freddie Mac not planning discount sales
[American Banker]
5. Hartz purchases stake in Roseland
[REW]
6. Looking back at development of 9/11 memorial
[Architect’s Paper]
7. A detailed look at the engineering of WTC
[PBS]
8. Jonathan Miller looks at Manhattan’s housing market after 9/11 and Lehman
[WSJ]
9. Alison 18 restaurant opening up near Union Square in November
[NYT]
10. Midtown fighting for business with downtown [amNY]
11. No changes to waterfront development due to flooding, Bloomberg says
[NYO]
12. Why a doorman is necessary
[NYT]
13. DSK overpaid for his Tribeca apartment
[NYO]
14. Experiencing the Apthorp
[WSJ]
15. Axor opens first Manhattan showroom
[NYT]
16. 525 Clinton Avenue in Clinton Hill getting foreclosure auction
[Brownstoner]
17. Clash in Sunnyside between immigrant groups and liberal
newcomers over gay marriage
[NYT]
18. Ratings agency downgrades MTA, cites capital needs
[WNYC]
19. Parkway residents in Jamaica protest fees
[Queen’s Chronicle]
20. Tour of Greenpoint’s “kooky” discount district
[Brokelyn]
21. Prudential Douglas Elliman continues to expand in Westchester [Crain’s]
22. Restored Hamilton Grange having grand opening Sept. 17
[Curbed]
23. “El Bloombito” creator on Twitter looking to move
[Brickunderground]
24. Voters to approve Amagansett fire district purchase of former Pacific
East property in Hamptons [Patch]