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Betabeat

Scared of Face Detection Software? Try These Insane Light-Up Glasses Hey History Nerds: Turn Foursquare Into an Orgy of Vintage Photos You Don’t Need a Tech Degree To Be a Productive Member of Society, Liberal Arts Professors Swear

PolitickerNY

Bloomberg Staffers Unimpressed With Bill de Blasio’s Policy Book Anthony Weiner Talks Health Care on Staten Island Morning Read: ‘Tailor Messages Based on Brands of Toilet Paper’

GalleristNY

Morning Links: Obsession Edition ‘Martial Raysse: 1960–1974′ at Luxembourg & Dayan Where Do We Go From Here?: Critics Lament the State of Art, but Things Are Looking Up in New Books

Media

Hipster Newsstand Opens in Williamsburg Because Hipsters Dan Abrams to Replace Terry Moran on NightlineMorning Media Mix

Real Estate

So Much For Picnics: Union Square Park To Get Classy, Controversial Restaurant Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses On the Market: Beer "CSA" Launches In Long Island City; Gays Have a Harder Time Finding Housing; A $2 Billion Offer For the Empire State Building

Culture

'Quinoa doesn't just live a modern fairy tale, she wears one.': Imaginary Mom Loves Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter iHookers? 'Transgender Sex Workers' May Really Love the Meatpacking Apple Store Cloudy With a Chance of Melee? Famous Weatherman's Wife Allegedly Attacked His Manhood

Opinion

The Next Flood Waste Not Keep the City Safe

Commercial Observer

Ruby Schron Offers $2 B. for Empire State Building Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses Epiq Bankruptcy Leads Trio of New Leases at 757 Third Avenue

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