UES suffers from green space shortage, Two Sutton Place tops out … and more

1. Upper East Side suffers from serious green space shortage [Crain’s]
2. Fracking boom in Texas leads to spike in demand for luxury homes [WSJ]
3. City Council unanimously agrees to save Long Island College Hospital [DNAinfo]
4. Clinton Hill brownstone sells for $2.6 million [Curbed]
5. Joaquin Phoenix buys neighbor’s home in Los Angeles [Huffington Post]
6. Two Sutton Place tops out [New York Yimby]
7. Building in Hamburg, Germany goes green to heat up [NYT]
8. Meet Peter Van de Wetering, the gardener of Park Avenue [NYT]
9. Permits filed to demolish East Village church, school and rectory [EV Grieve]