We learned that:
- Red Hookers were largely indifferent to Ikea’s opening.
- George Carlin lost his virginity on West 121st Street.
- Richard Brodsky blames the city for holding up a public authorities bill.
- Winona Ryder got $2.2 million for her Gramercy co-op.
- The M.T.A. wants to delay some capital projects.
- Brooklyn parenting isn’t all bad.
- The sign ‘will live’ at the old Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg.
- The economic downturn has hit panhandlers hard.
- Former M.T.A. board members will no longer get free E-ZPasses.
- There will be no bedbugs in the new Trump Dubai.
- Manhattan apartment rents dropped a bit in June.
- Cipriani and Tavern on the Green have no fear of the future.
- The old New York Times building is pretty much gutted.
- The city wants to stress the street-level life of its Coney Island plan.
- Steve Roth and Steve Ross still want Madison Square Garden to move.
- There’s a $150 million listing at 15 Central Park West.
- Malcolm Gladwell has at least two West Village apartments now.
- The Freedom Tower’s further behind schedule than we thought.
- The hotel-condo at 50 West Street will be especially blessed.
- An ex-NFL player thinks the restaurant biz is more brutal than football.