- 1. Port Authority head Christopher Ward gets scrutiny as he
tries to put the World
Trade Center’s
redevelopment back on track [NYT] and [Sun] - 2. The city’s Health Department could soon sign a deal to move some offices into 18 floors at a new Queens Plaza building [NYDN]
- 3. The number of foreigners visiting New York City is increasing [Post]
- 4. The rumble of running children is driving some childless
residents crazy [NYT] - 5. Planes flying over Park Slope to LaGuardia Airport
have residents furious [NYT] - 6. East Village artists have taken ownership of the nine-story building at 5 East 3rd Street [NYT]
- 7. Starbucks was hurt by bad real estate decisions [NYT]
- 8. A Bronx cottage that was once home to Edgar Allan Poe is getting a makeover and a visitors’ center [NYT]
- 9. The city will borrow more than $1.3 billion for building and
fixing parks [Post] - 10. Three high schools could be built at Pier 40 on Hudson River Park [ChelseaNow]
- 11. Landmarking New York University’s
Silver Towers complex got no opposition at the
Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing last week [Villager]