· Gov. lives in rent-controlled $1,250/month 2BR Harlem apartment [Sun]
· David Byrne's organ in the Battery Maritime Building [Downtown Express]
· Heads up: steel disc falls 22 stories at Deutsche Bank building [NYP]
· Gov. trying to decide which agency will control Moynihan Station [amNY]
· Port Authority trying to avoid paying Silverstein late fees [Sun]
· Residents getting hosed by 14.5% water and sewer hike [NYP]
· Number of jobs in city up by 1.1% last month, mostly in construction, retail [NYT]
· Narrow Carroll Gardens streets take another step toward being narrow [GL]
· What if they didn't demolish the Kent Avenue Power Plant? [WGPA]
· Boerum Place in Downtown Brooklyn finally getting beautified [110 Livingston]

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· Toll Brothers sales fall 30 percent [AP/NYT]
· 52nd Street Project finds new home in Hell [Sun]
· Rockaway-Sunset Park-Manhattan ferry starts in tempest [NYT]
· Huge news: Bronx 'being considered' for pay toilet [NYDN]
· St. John's University dorm in Queens can't get any love [Queens Crap]
· Small businesses, nonprofits say they got screwed by Jamaica rezoning [NYDN]
· Measure to protect Starrett City moving through Congress [Brownstoner]
· Myrtle the Painted Williamsburg Turtle is getting treatment [GL]

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· Is Javits Center debate moving 'closer to closure'? [TRE]
· Burden is 'mind-blowingly narrow-minded' about 125th St. rezone [Lost City]
· Developer accused of 'bungling' huge Meadowlands cleanup [NYT]
· Will big LIC/Astoria power plant be sold for condo development? [NYDN]
· Hess Fined $1.1M for environmental violations, Brooklyn included [Sun]
· Irony: Miss Brooklyn is from Virginia & lives in Manhattan [NYDN]
· Reasons to keep eyes open when walking in Bergen St. station [GL]
· Gowanus as a National Historical Landmark? Seriously. [Brownstoner]

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· Could Vornado be a Moynihan Station victim? [TRE]
· Hedge funder flips Bloomberg building condo for $11M [Real Deal]
· Fruit fight over green carts proposal continuing [NYP]
· Astoria trying to say no to Federal Express [NYDN]
· Trying to save Queens landmarks [amNY]
· More philosophy from G Train subway ads [New York Shitty]
· Borough Hall rats doing well, seem to be enjoying winter sports [PMFA]
· Group pushing preservation and a grocery for Admiral's Row [Brownstoner]

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· Plaza Hotel reopening Saturday with rooms from $715 [NYology]
· An abandoned Moynihan Station plan could 'spell trouble' for Vornado [Crain's]
· Least helpful listing photo of all time? [Craigslist]
· Time Warner Center suddenly one of America's top-performing malls [Crain's]
· Bruce Ratner buys UES townhouse for $6.965 million [TRE]
· Respect Bed-Stuy by treating it like Beverly Hills [NYShitty]
· Cobble Hill's Rat Squirrel House in holding pattern of ratty squirrelyness [Lost City]
· New status move: hiring a well-known photog to shoot your home [NYT]

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· New use found for Governor's Island: setting test high rise fires [NYT]
· Fear of enduring 'security gaps' at planned WTC towers [NYDN]
· Good news: a lot of New Yawhkez still say 'toid' and 'terlet' [amNY]
· Meet a man who creates 'glimmering mosaic portraits' [NYT]
· Ah, the $45M panorama at 15 CPW [TRE]
· Fruit fight: controversy over vegetable cart proposal coming to a head [Sun]
· You might not know Queensborough Hill, but it's getting crappy [Queens Crap]
· Former Heavy Metal Building gets the green light on Smith Street [GL]
· Where's the money for Atlantic Yards affordable housing? [Brownstoner]

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· Surprise, surprise: Dolans may bring down Moynihan Station plan [TRE]
· Harlem pastor calls for Harlem boycott to derail gentrification [CityRoom]
· Related's Steve Ross buys half of the Miami Dolphins [ESPN]
· Explosion at corner of Lafayette & Spring; LA ESQUINA UNHARMED [Gothamist]
· Call the lawyers: Atlantic City gets its own Hotel Chelsea [DBTH]
· Citywide ferry service could cost $100 million per year [Streetsblog]
· The Second Ave. Subway of the future ... as seen 75 years ago [SAS]
· Buyers' incentives galore at the new Azure on the UES [UrbanDigs]
· Will Brooklyn Heights rally to save the lobster? [BHB]
· Chumley's owner swears legendary bar will reopen in May [Lost City]

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· Serious jockeying over what Javits Center land is sold by state [TRE]
· Killing OTB would be 'taking out all the flavor' from some nabes [NYT]
· Post-accident work resumes at Trump Soho project [NYP]
· Meet the King of Brooklyn Parks for the last 26 years [NYT]
· Will NYU pact 'end years of bitterness'? [Downtown Express]
· Rounding up Willets Point redevelopment controversy & fun [Queens Crap]
· A look in pictures at the wide-open Gowanus Whole Foods site [GL]
· Demolition halted after Vinegar Hill church demolished [Brownstoner]

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· Manhattan rents still rising, but not as quickly [Crain's]
· Wall Street layoff watch: Lehman Bros cutting i-banking staff? [Dealbreaker]
· Cleansing of Washington Square Park begins? [Way Back When]
· JetBlue passengers will be able to stroll through Saarinen's Terminal 5 [CityRoom]
· More JFK news! The stained glass is coming down [Archinect]
· Sex sells at 99 John Deco Lofts. Nice melons! [EVIdiot]
· Visiting season begins at Governors Island on May 31 [NYology]
· Apple, Prada stores among '10 Great Buildings to See' [Gothamist]

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· In today's real estate market rental buildings are 'safe haven' for investors [Sun]
· Work to start on Rail Yards platform for Brookfield development [NYT]
· To find a 'white hot' neighborhood, you now have to go to White Plains [NYP]
· Owner gets temporary free housing for being a really shitty landlord [NYT]
· Huge stained glass window at JFK is coming down [amNY]
· Carroll Gardens really misses the OTB parlor that closed a few years ago [NYDN]
· Oh, well, Times Square's Broadway Inn was bound to go sometime [Lost City]
· Rats say another Roebling Oil Field property edging toward development [GL]
· Brooklyn tenants charge Dermot Company with harassment [Brownstoner]

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· Bruni three-stars adventurous UWS newcomer Dovetail [NYT/Bruni]
· Post likes restaurant that serves food on copies of the Post [NYP/Cuozzo]
· Not everyone digs frathouse vibe at East Village sensation The Smith [T42]
· Bar Boulud #1: Mixed bag, but the steak frites may be a work of art [TONY]
· Bar Boulud #2: Promising, then food proceeds to 'slide off a cliff' [NYM]
· Bar Boulud #3: 'Bold flavor combinations and inspired dishes' are 'rare' [NYDN]
· Bar Boulud #4: 'Bar Boulud is a Xanadu of sorts' [Strongbuzz]
· Top Chef mystery man revealed as sous chef at Le Cirque [Eater]

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· 24,593 property owners to get foreclosure warnings over water bills [Sun]
· Durst getting into education business with private school on Eleventh Ave. [NYO]
· Deutsche Bank contractors slammed with 44 safety violations [NYT]
· Chetrit planning hotel north of Empire State Building? [NYO]
· City to cut amount of 'filth filled storm water' flowing into waterways [NYDN]
· Is it crap, or is it a castle? [Queens Crap]
· Never mind the Williamsburg park, the big gas plant proposal's still alive [GL]
· Workers prep the famous surviving Ward Bakery parapet [Brownstoner]
· Rat-squirrel house gains some local TV fame [Lost City]

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