Downtown Brooklyn Skyscraper District passes City Council. [BK Paper]
A whiplash-inducing tour of One57, which may be 30 percent sold. [Curbed, Real Deal]
Co-op City board cheating on second homes? [Daily News]
AvalonBay exec joins NYCHA, will create new master plan. [Crain’s]
Republicans fight back against Obama’s new mortgage plan. [Journal]
A crazy new Varick Street condo gets less crazy. [Curbed]
Corcoran Group bigs top donor lists. [Real Deal]
BU’s new feature, Your Famous Neighbor, and Madonna’s First. [Brick Underground]
Lady Gaga’s folks UWS restaurant’s food is “gag-y.” [NY Post]
A peak inside the new McCarren Park Pool. [Brownstoner]
The glories of a power drill. [NY Times]
Local firm will build Columbia’s Manhattanville campus. [DNAinfo]