Morning Reads: Squadron Campaign Watch, No 7-Eleven Meeting, LES in Shanghai

State Sen. Daniel Squadron, who represents sections of Brooklyn as well as the LES, took $65,000 in campaign donations from proponents of housing at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Post).

The No 7-Eleven group meets Saturday to plan street theater in Tompkins Square Park (EV Grieve).

An East 12th Street resident talks about the Basquiat scrawlings on her wall (Post).

The rise and fall of the Strokes (Pop Matters).

The Lower East Side goes to Shanghai (Artinfo).

Joshua David Stein checks out the Third Man on Avenue C (NYT).