1. A tale of two rentals: hikes and freezes at de Blasio’s own Park Slope properties [Capital NY]

2. Downtown “beach” opens today [Bedford + Bowery]

3. Manhattan’s richest neighborhoods are home to poor tippers [DNAinfo]

4. First real estate hackathon yields virtual keys, web-based safety checklist [BetaBeat]

5. “Star Wars” creator George Lucas picks Chicago as future home of his art and movie memorabilia [Chicago Tribune]

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6. H&H Bagels factory to be refashioned into event space [DNAinfo]

7. A map of every single urban renewal project in NYC’s history [The Atlantic City Lab]

— Julie Strickland