· Thor Equities + partners buy 530 Fifth Avenue for $595 million [NYP]
· Prepare the bikes: Summer Streets are BACK for three days in August [Gothamist]
· Columbia Waterfront District home is boring, passive, and $15K/month [NYO]
· After $75M reno, Governors Island finally has potable water. Hallelujah! [NYDN]
· There's now video footage of yesterday's Bushwick wall collapse [Animal]
· Should crowdfunding really be used to finance civic design projects? [Dezeen]
· Brooklyn's old-school developers retain tight grip on borough's real estate [TRD]
· St. John's rebrands the Death Star 51 Astor as 101 Astor Place [EVG]
· New affordable housing project will bring 134 apartments to Bed-Stuy ['Stoner]
· About that massive gas pipeline being built under Rockaway beaches [Gothamist]
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