They’re building a new East River Esplanade downtown, but it’s crumbling above 63rd Street [Post]

Cuomo keeps MTA’s Walder and Port’s Ward on board [Crain's]

Play Jenga with this Chelsea four-bedroom [Times]

A mega-project transforms Columbus Avenue [Journal]

Twenty-eight stations are closing, but the repairs are welcome [Crain's, News]

A bad time for walking on, or even near, manholes [Times]

Burg co-op prez bilked building with $1.6 million mortgage [Real Deal]

Tribeca phone booth haven for dope and dopes [DNAinfo]

Coney’s Cyclone coaster getting a major rehab [Post]

Cold hurting homeless, slum-stuck [News]

Carnegie Deli getting dumped for high rent? [DNAinfo]

Related buys troubled Battery Park City condo building [Real Deal]

Matt is The Observer's real estate editor. Follow Matt on Twitter or via RSS. mchaban@observer.com