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		<title>On the Market: Andre Balazs Takes Off; the Bankrupting of 239 Banker; Why We Warehouse the Poor on the Waterfront</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Andre Balazs in talks with Port Authority to turn TWA terminal into hotel. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323901604578157630681664080.html?mod=WSJ_NY_News_LEADNewsCollection">[Journal]</a><br />
How the NYC coast became a popular place to put the poor. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/how-new-york-citys-coastline-became-home-to-the-poor.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
BOO-klyn: Park Slope's pink brownstone is now back to brown. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/03/park_slopes_pink_brownstone_is_just_a_brownstone_again.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
City's biggest office building, 55 Water Street, struggles to reopen after Sandy. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/waiting_for_water_street_2CAYZqk7cWKZyAszKpMwoM?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=Commercial">[NY Post]</a><br />
Costas Kondylis puts his Hamptons super-barn on the market for $3.8 M. <a href="http://hamptons.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/03/famed_nyc_architect_asks_38m_for_his_southampton_barn.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Greenpoint's 239 Banker refuses to let city forbid it's illegal loft conversion. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/at-brooklyn-loft-angry-neighbors-and-dozens-of-violations.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0">[NY Times]</a><br />
Attorney general investigating Marty Markowitz's Hurricane Sandy relief fund. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/49/all_martyattorneygeneral_2012_12_7_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
Joe Lhota wants an express bus network to LaGuardia. <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/12/6756866/after-post-storm-experiment-mta-considers-express-bus-service-brook">[CapitalNY]</a><br />
A day after R train resumes downtown, J and Z trains return to normal service. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/trains_8z5WOZXwVy1Pb7grWjXYWJ?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Local">[NY Post]</a><br />
Lawsuit between Surf Lodge and King &amp; Grove over Hamptons hotspot. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/vaDppqw716g/">[Real Deal]</a><!--more--><br />
Scenes from the 1939 Worlds Fair. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/03/revisit_the_1939_worlds_fair_at_the_museum_of_the_city_of_ny.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
How dunes helped protect the shore during Sandy. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/science/earth/after-hurricane-sandy-dunes-prove-they-blunt-storms.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
Outer borough retail is actually preforming worse than the rest of the country. <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/12/03/whats-the-deal-shaking-up-retail-outside-manhattan/?mod=WSJBlog">[Journal]</a><br />
Just what the city needs: a chain of Subways knockoffs. <a href="http://feeds.crainsnewyork.com/~r/crainsnewyork/real_estate/~3/gEBxwkRxtfo/121209994">[Crain's]</a><br />
Staten Island Boy Scout camp will not be redeveloped. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121203/willowbrook/first-part-of-boy-scouts-staten-island-camp-saved-from-developers">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Funny shirt company opens across from Barclays Center. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/49/all_brooklynrock_2012_12_07_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
Transit union boss says extra-long buses for stranded Rockaways are bad for union. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/transport-workers-union-president-john-samuelsen-calls-big-rig-bus-deal-job-killers-article-1.1212788?localLinksEnabled=false">[Daily News]</a><br />
The next mayor really ought to overhaul the NYC EDC. <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/03/why-the-next-mayor-should-reform-the-parking-obsessed-nyc-edc/">[Streetsblog]<br />
</a>Brooklyn Bridge Park continues to expand. <a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/12/whats-up-at-the-brooklyn-bridge-park/">[Brownstoner]</a><br />
Sonya Sotomayor's high school might close in the Bronx. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nydnrss/new-york/~3/YfJw0s6G4qs/story01.htm">[Daily News]</a><br />
Meanwhile, did the city open Zone A schools too soon? <a href="http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2012/12/city-reopened-zone-school-prematurely.html">[Queens Crap]</a><br />
Extell gets sells first two commercial condos at International Gem Tower. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/RwklbbH1Xec/">[Real Deal]</a><br />
But there has been a spike in widowers in foreclosure. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/business/widows-pushed-into-foreclosure-by-mortgage-fine-print.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
A Brooklyn church has its copper pipes stolen for the second winter in a row. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157560875941072.html?mod=WSJ_NY_News_LEFTTopStories">[Journal]</a><br />
Is New York ready for big weather infrastructure? <a href="http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6383">[ArchPaper]<br />
</a>Well, at least NYCHA won't be evicting anyone until February because of Sandy. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121203/red-hook/nycha-extends-eviction-moratorium-for-sandy-stricken-projects">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Foreclosures were down nationwide in October. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/QJZ2Dp1e3Mo/">[Real Deal]</a><br />
What did the 2012 elections mean for transit? <a href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/12/03/eight-burning-questions-about-post-election-transpo-policy-and-politics/">[Streetsblog]</a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andre Balazs in talks with Port Authority to turn TWA terminal into hotel. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323901604578157630681664080.html?mod=WSJ_NY_News_LEADNewsCollection">[Journal]</a><br />
How the NYC coast became a popular place to put the poor. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/how-new-york-citys-coastline-became-home-to-the-poor.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
BOO-klyn: Park Slope's pink brownstone is now back to brown. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/03/park_slopes_pink_brownstone_is_just_a_brownstone_again.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
City's biggest office building, 55 Water Street, struggles to reopen after Sandy. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/waiting_for_water_street_2CAYZqk7cWKZyAszKpMwoM?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=Commercial">[NY Post]</a><br />
Costas Kondylis puts his Hamptons super-barn on the market for $3.8 M. <a href="http://hamptons.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/03/famed_nyc_architect_asks_38m_for_his_southampton_barn.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
Greenpoint's 239 Banker refuses to let city forbid it's illegal loft conversion. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/nyregion/at-brooklyn-loft-angry-neighbors-and-dozens-of-violations.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0">[NY Times]</a><br />
Attorney general investigating Marty Markowitz's Hurricane Sandy relief fund. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/49/all_martyattorneygeneral_2012_12_7_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
Joe Lhota wants an express bus network to LaGuardia. <a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/12/6756866/after-post-storm-experiment-mta-considers-express-bus-service-brook">[CapitalNY]</a><br />
A day after R train resumes downtown, J and Z trains return to normal service. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/trains_8z5WOZXwVy1Pb7grWjXYWJ?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Local">[NY Post]</a><br />
Lawsuit between Surf Lodge and King &amp; Grove over Hamptons hotspot. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/vaDppqw716g/">[Real Deal]</a><!--more--><br />
Scenes from the 1939 Worlds Fair. <a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/12/03/revisit_the_1939_worlds_fair_at_the_museum_of_the_city_of_ny.php">[Curbed]</a><br />
How dunes helped protect the shore during Sandy. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/science/earth/after-hurricane-sandy-dunes-prove-they-blunt-storms.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
Outer borough retail is actually preforming worse than the rest of the country. <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/12/03/whats-the-deal-shaking-up-retail-outside-manhattan/?mod=WSJBlog">[Journal]</a><br />
Just what the city needs: a chain of Subways knockoffs. <a href="http://feeds.crainsnewyork.com/~r/crainsnewyork/real_estate/~3/gEBxwkRxtfo/121209994">[Crain's]</a><br />
Staten Island Boy Scout camp will not be redeveloped. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121203/willowbrook/first-part-of-boy-scouts-staten-island-camp-saved-from-developers">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Funny shirt company opens across from Barclays Center. <a href="http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/49/all_brooklynrock_2012_12_07_bk.html">[BK Paper]</a><br />
Transit union boss says extra-long buses for stranded Rockaways are bad for union. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/transport-workers-union-president-john-samuelsen-calls-big-rig-bus-deal-job-killers-article-1.1212788?localLinksEnabled=false">[Daily News]</a><br />
The next mayor really ought to overhaul the NYC EDC. <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/03/why-the-next-mayor-should-reform-the-parking-obsessed-nyc-edc/">[Streetsblog]<br />
</a>Brooklyn Bridge Park continues to expand. <a href="http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/12/whats-up-at-the-brooklyn-bridge-park/">[Brownstoner]</a><br />
Sonya Sotomayor's high school might close in the Bronx. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nydnrss/new-york/~3/YfJw0s6G4qs/story01.htm">[Daily News]</a><br />
Meanwhile, did the city open Zone A schools too soon? <a href="http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2012/12/city-reopened-zone-school-prematurely.html">[Queens Crap]</a><br />
Extell gets sells first two commercial condos at International Gem Tower. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/RwklbbH1Xec/">[Real Deal]</a><br />
But there has been a spike in widowers in foreclosure. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/business/widows-pushed-into-foreclosure-by-mortgage-fine-print.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">[NY Times]</a><br />
A Brooklyn church has its copper pipes stolen for the second winter in a row. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157560875941072.html?mod=WSJ_NY_News_LEFTTopStories">[Journal]</a><br />
Is New York ready for big weather infrastructure? <a href="http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6383">[ArchPaper]<br />
</a>Well, at least NYCHA won't be evicting anyone until February because of Sandy. <a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121203/red-hook/nycha-extends-eviction-moratorium-for-sandy-stricken-projects">[DNAinfo]</a><br />
Foreclosures were down nationwide in October. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/trdnews/~3/QJZ2Dp1e3Mo/">[Real Deal]</a><br />
What did the 2012 elections mean for transit? <a href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/12/03/eight-burning-questions-about-post-election-transpo-policy-and-politics/">[Streetsblog]</a></p>
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