· 5Pointz owner unsurprisingly defends decision to whitewash graffiti mecca [NYM]
· Starting to list Harlem's top 10 (micro)neighborhoods [Bespoke]
· You will soon have to be 21 to buy cigarettes [NY1]
· Twitter is apparently very interested in a chunk of glassy 51 Astor Place [Crain's]
· A graffiti expert thinks 5Pointz getting painted isn't such a bad thing [Gothamist]
· Someone drank Central Park Pond water... and survived [The Cut]
· Illegal short-term housing operator will pay $1M settlement to the city [TRD]
· Inside violinist Joshua Bell's airy Flatiron District apartment [Observer]
· Progress stalls on Elmhust Coming to America site [DNAinfo]
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