- The Bowery House offers “flophouse- chic” for $67/night; “an entire Australian rugby team was… napping (there) during a recent visit (Forbes).
- Proliferating “bed bug hotels:” a street art project meant to shame landlords into doing the right (and legal) thing (Observer).
- Rocky’s Italian Restaurant in Little Italy being forced out as newcomer Balaboosta expands? (Jeremiah)
- In appreciation of Jacob Ma of World Journal, who died at the age of 88 (Our Chinatown).
- “My Mars Bar Movie” premiers Thursday (EV Grieve).
- A giant slide at the New Museum, part of the new Carsten Holler exhibition, is getting lots of media play (Huff Post).
