· Central Park launches a $40 million plan to renovate playgrounds [NYT]
· Coney Island's name is appropriated across the U.S., especially for chili dog joints [BP]
· MoMA's new Rain Room attracts long lines, actually keeps visitors dry [Gothamist]
· Quiet billionaire Eyal Ofer speaks! About funding myriad NYC developments [WSJ]
· Greenwich Village bids farewell to neighborhood institution Joe's Dairy [VNY]
· UWS residents complain that Housing Works makes street a "landfill" [DNAinfo]
· Here now, a tree's adorbs wooden fence in the shape of the city skyline [BH]
· Drivers beware?why the West Village has seen such a huge spike in DWIs [NYP]
· Amid the tourists, gangs take staged group photos in Times Square [NYDN]
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