[Via Axel Taferner/Curbed Photo Pool]
· Construction begins at 540 West 26th Street [6sqft]
· Tishman Speyer bought Hudson Yds air rights for $30m [TRD]
· Marymount's Cooper Square dorms will open August 28 [EVG]
· Where exactly is "Downtown"? [Gothamist]
· De Blasio takes back mandatory inclusionary zoning estimate [PoliticoNY]
· Gowanus Canal neighbors pray to patron saint of floods [BP]
· Iconic Bow Bridge in Central Park opens after reno [DNAinfo]
· Are these "awful apartments" in NYC or SF? [Buzzfeed]
· CUNY School of Medicine to open at City College [NYDN]