Skanska gets contract for 7 line extension, housing market nationwide may make comeback … and more

1. Skanska awarded $386 million contract on No. 7 line extension to
11th Avenue
[Twitter] and
[Railwayage]
2. Judge says city can end rent subsidy of formerly homeless families
[WNYC]
3. Housing market nationwide may make comeback
[MSNBC]
4. Liquidity issues still persist [GlobeSt]
5. The future of the single-family suburban home
[Design Observer]
6. New trend of mixing homes and agriculture
[WSJ]
7. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to judge architecture prize NYT]
8. Family buys both halfs of Broadway producer’s UES duplex
[NYO]
9. Justice Department files complaint against Gramercy Hotel
about disability violation after renovations [Curbed]
10. Upside down elephant in Union Square
[WNYC]
11. Trump says Bob Turner’s win in congressional election is sign that
“Obama doesn’t get it”
[Newsmax]
12. Fox anchor Shepard Smith puts $4 M apartment on market in in
Greenwich Village
[Mediabistro]
13. Young woman plummets to death from UES condo
[NYDN]
14.”Top Chef” bringing grilled pizza to FiDi
[DNAinfo]
15. Sunnyside Boys and Girls Club plans $15 million new building
[Sunnyside Post]
16. Carousel to open Friday in Brooklyn Bridge Park
[Brooklyn Eagle]
17. Sales launch at South Park Slope condominium
[Brownstoner]
18. Galleries heading out of Williamsburg
[Brooklyn Paper]
19. Graffiti artist creates love letter to Brooklyn on old Macy’s parking garage
[WNYC]
20. Williamsburg condo back on market, renamed “Jardin”
[Brooklyn Eagle]
21. Post office closures would severely impact Bronx residents’ daily lives [WNYC]