West 26th St. becoming city’s new restaurant hub, actress Penelope Cruz on prowl for Brooklyn nest … and more

Sons of Essex
Sons of Essex

1. West 26th Street becoming city’s new restaurant hub [WSJ]
2. Michael Shah, Matt Levine duke it out over Sons of Essex on Lower East Side [NYP]
3. Condo at 25 Columbus Circle sells for $13 million [NYT]
4. Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem hunt for Brooklyn nest [NYDN, 3rd item]
5. How much do renters save by living far from work?: CHART [Curbed]
6. East 91st Street transfer station may hurt kids’ health, study says [DNAinfo]
7. REBNY gives a shout-out to CBRE’s Stephen Winter as most promising commercial salesperson of 2012 [REW]
8. More than meets the eye at this 19th-century Park Slope townhouse [Curbed]
9. Interactive map highlights the smog in California [Atlantic Cities]
10. Making sense of NYC’s exorbitant rents [NYT]
11. 9/11 jet landing gear found behind Park 51 mosque [DNAinfo]
12. “Sexy” home renovations may not be worth it, report says [WSJ]

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