Morning Reads: Cooper Union Weighs Bookstore Dilemma, EV Wrecking Ball Swings Again, “Swirling Emotions” at the Living Room

  • A Cooper Union official says she will talk with trustees about the endangered St. Mark’s Bookshop (NY1).
  • The Landmarks Preservation Commission will not consider protecting 316 East 3rd Street (EV Grieve).
  • Plans for 51 Astor Place, a “speculative office tower,” move forward (Real Estate Weekly).
  • Singer/songwriter Alan Hampton “airs it out” at the Living Room all this month (NYT).