Summer Days As A Doorman; A Javits Center Hotel; More!

By Hana R. Alberts Aug 5, 2013, 6:40pm EDT

· Vivienne Westwood buys $13.5M Midtown townhouse for her flagship [NYP]
· Review of Rockaway's Playland Motel has a Montauk-esque verdict [NYT]
· How Long Island City became home to so many cab companies ['Stoner Q]
· NYU will offer an undergrad real estate degree --> more brokers? [TRD]
· Investor David Marx will try, try again to build a hotel across from Javits [Crain's]
· Jeans shop paints over Park Slope mural, attracts irate tweets [DNAinfo]
· Here's a video shot inside Domino's abandoned sugar refinery [Untapped]
· Post-Sandy life feels more normal as Staten Island boardwalk reopens [Advance]
· Ah, it's good to be a doorman in the summertime [NY Mag]