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How long will the tourist machine tolerate this industrial view from the High Line's new "viewing spur" before the Firestone Bear Auto Center is suddenly put out of business? Not that anyone's actually paying attention to the view, since they're all fiddling with their digital life-support systems:


What is the narrowest house in New York City? [OTG]

Enjoy those Coney Island mermaids while they're still legal. [TGL]

Sam's in Carroll Gardens "is 81-years-old. Do you go off on your 81-year-old grandfather? No. And that’s because your grandfather is who he is. Call him set in his ways. Call him a tough nut to crack. The point is, he’s not changing. And he shouldn’t have to." [CGP]

W. 3rd gets a frat-themed burger joint. [EVG]

What color is the New York City sky right now? [Gothamist]

LES BID pushes hard to remake the neighborhood: "We are also heavily involved in long- term planning for the neighborhood, advocating for new commercial space along Delancey Street, the addition of 1,000 new housing units and the scheduled building of four new hotels with over 500 rooms." [BB]

Finding salvation at Penn Station. [Restless]

The I. Miller shoe shop in better days--before TGI Friday's. [LC]

Take a look into the weirdness of urban camping. [Kensinger]

Zoot suit outlawed, Brooklyn tailors wait for ban to lift. [WWIB]

Artisanal everything: "Yearning to soar above its tired, rote roster of hot dogs and pretzels, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation put out a call five months ago for the food vendors of New York 'to propose your most inventive, exciting food idea.'" [NYT]

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