2nd Ave. & 1st St.; guess it worked [via kathryn/Curbed pool/flickr]
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· More modernist fire station madness: Not pretty [Transfer]
· Closing of the Continental signals death of EVill rock [Village Voice]
· Goldman Sachs bonuses are going to be large this year [DealBreaker]
· Intel on the end of Times' blog The Walk-Through [Media Mob]