Sutton and SL Green close on 1552 Broadway, city beaches improve … and more

1. Jeff Sutton and SL Green close on 1552 Broadway [Post]
2. Treasuries stop declining before report on U.S. home sales in July
[Bloomberg]
3. Perhaps the Port Authority should sell the WTC
[Post]
4. Woman who fought Long Island nuclear plant dies at 60
[NYT]
5. Freddie Mac warns real estate agents of short sale fraud
[Housing Wire]
6. Animated trailer released for the Hunters Point South megaproject
[Curbed]
7. Finding the loudest place in the city
[WSJ]
8. Cyndi Lauper’s LGBT house in Harlem to open Sept. 1
[DNAinfo]
9. Designer Tory Burch adds 26,000 square feet at 11 West 19th Street
[Post, 3rd item]
10. Ashley Olsen checks out NYC apartments, again 
[Celebrity Gossip]
11. Insurance company expands to 32,000 square feet at 7 World Trade Center
[Post, 4th item]
12. City beaches have improved since 2007: report
[NYT]
13. Refinancing rates are rising as interest rates remain low
[Litchfield County Times]
14. Toll Brothers expected to announce second-quarter profits
[MSNBC]
15. Construction nears completion at 137 Fifth Avenue
[Here Park Slope]
16. Donald Trump weighs in on Libyan unrest
[Think Progress]
17. Neighbors see activity at 525 Clinton Avenue, where construction worker died in 2008
[NYT]
18. Queens residents question dash in postal addresses [NYDN]
19. Folk Art Museum could close permanently
[NYT]
20. Merged Brooklyn bank has expansion plans
[Brooklyn Eagle]
21. Ozzie’s Coffee closing in Park Slope
[Brooklyn Paper]
22. Touring fashion designer Nanette Lepore’s home in Amagansett
[Plum Hamptons]
23. Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t want strangers to know where she lives in Hamptons [US Weekly]