Dubai tower now tallest in the world… and it isn’t even finished yet. [Yahoo!]

Report suggests that banks may not be tracking their subprime-related losses correctly. [WSJ]

Harlem’s commercial tenants face a 300 percent rent increase from Housing Authority. [Uptown Flavor]

Citing rampant tenant harassment, NYC sues to take over Washington Heights apartment building. [Gothamist]

One resident above a particularly noisy Nolita restaurant is fighting back the only way he knows how. [Gothamist]

The glories of a New York summer in your very own backyard. [NY Times]

MetroCards are works of art? Collectors think so. [NY Times]

Parks Department sees steep decline in beach attendance. [NY1 via Gothamist]

Twenty-six tugboats compete in race along Hudson River. [NYDN]

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