Praying for survival of Spanish restaurant in Hotel Chelsea, real estate resisting recession in some cities … and more

1. Praying for survival of Spanish restaurant El Quijote in
Hotel Chelsea
[Post]
2. Real estate resisting recession in some cities
[MSNBC]
3. Romney plans to expand $12 million oceanfront home in California
[NYT]
4. Possible foreclosure ahead in 740 Park
[NYO]
5. The Bean new tenant of “crazy landlord” in East Village
[EV Grieve]
6. Chumley’s reopening in Greenwich Village delayed till 2012
[Eater]
7. Time-lapse video of construction of Sept. 11 memorial
[NBC New York]
8. The water tank builders on city rooftops
[WSJ]
9. Story behind Scrabble street sign in Queens
[NYT]
10. Big Gay Ice Cream Shop says it’s opening “soon” in Village
[EV Grieve]
11. UES Assembly candidate promises to clean up dirty heating oil
[DNAinfo]
12. Dispute over garbage cans on Bay Ridge Avenue
[Brooklyn Paper]
13. Improv Everywhere troupe encourages Union Square
pedestrians to “say something nice”
[DNAinfo]
14. Judge blocks construction on landmarked 510 Fifth Avenue
[NYT]
15. Sunset Park Federal Building 2 sells to EDC
[Brooklyn Eagle]