· Starting today, new rules governing mortgage-shopping take effect [NYDN]
· Nick Carr of Scouting NY is thisclose to making his own movie [NYO]
· Here now, 10 chilling photos of Jamaica Bay frozen over. [SHB]
· Ice floes mean city boats have major issues getting where they're going [NYT]
· In other polar vortex news, cars trapped in ice are getting parking tickets [NYP]
· Coney's New York Aquarium breaks ground on $127M shark exhibit [NYDN]
· Inside actor Michael Urie's "colorful," "eclectic" Midtown high-rise pad [NYT]
· Commissioner Bratton taps "broken windows" author to consult for NYPD [Capital]
· In-depth: what Brooklyn Heights' Montague Street looked like in 1974 [BHB]
· How do those crazy people use Citi Bike when it's that cold out? [Daily Intel]
· Meet that latest urban scourge/preservationist cause, the snowy owl [Atlantic Cities]
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