Hudson Yards megadevelopment inspires a new line of sex toys
1. Police arrest man who threatened window workers in Flatiron District [WNYC]
2. Fannie, Freddie sue UBS for $900 million
[WSJ]
3. Even “TARP vote” and market crash might not force debt ceiling deal
[Business Insider]
4. Small business owners take advantage of weak real estate market
[NYT]
5. Commercial mortgage-backed securities revival uncertain
[WSJ]
6. Robert Shiller and Jeremy Siegel debate how to clean up debt mess
[WSJ]
7. Community Board 3 endorses East Village Historic District
[The Lo-Down]
8. Homeless shelter opens in Chelsea, protesters want City Council hearing
[DNAinfo]
9. Bronx politicians upset over post office closures
[Post]
10. “Gross” Midtown block getting a clean-up
[DNAinfo]
11. Classic New York diners getting modern makeover
[NYPost]
12. Hank’s bar in Brooklyn getting auctioned
[Brooklyn Paper]
13. Powerful property services union to endorse Rafael Espinal for State Senate
[PolitickerNY]
14. Residents brainstorm transformation of derelict Murray Hill pier
[DNAinfo]
15. East Village park invaded by rats
[NY1]
16. NYC energy and water reports due Aug. 1
[Architect’s Paper]
17. New book to tell history of High Line [DNinfo]
18. Tracy Anderson aerobics coming to Hamptons [REW]
19. Current real estate market differs from bubble and post bubble period [NYO]
20. Rainbow appears over Gehry buildings [NYO]
21. Wyoming ranch is America’s most expensive home [Business Insider]
22. Manhattan’s commercial real estate market is divided into four classes [NYT]
