No kidding: 12 percent of storefronts shuttering in Queens. [City Room]
Waldorf Astoria to look even more lovely than ever. [Crain's]
Shvo gets a new suit: Another plaintiff against limping 20 Pine. [Cityfile via TRD]
Here's hoping Alice Tully Hall cafe food tastes as good as the place looks. [Eater]
Absorb this: Rate spiking higher, but hasn't yet beat 2006. [Curbed]
Whispers abound for Union Square retail replacements; Wal-Mart says it's not interested. [Villager]
"Unique unto the world": Joseph Pell Lombardi's insane glass igloo in Tribeca. [Downtown Express]
For the record! Park Slope Food Coop doesn't have a problem with Israel! [Brooklyn Paper]
