Living downtown is so fun that fancy uptown people are buying pied-a-terres here. No, really. (NYT)
The Citi Bike share program celebrated its one-month anniversary last week; the stats make the mayor very happy. (MikeBloomberg.com)
CVS has leased 10,000 square feet for a new drugstore at 42-56 E. Houston St. (Commercial Observer)
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver disclosed his personal financial statement over the holiday weekend and the tabloids had some fun with it. (NY Daily News, NY Post)
In case you just can’t get enough Fourth of July fireworks photos, here are a few from the LES. (GammaBlog)
Another look at the evolution of Orchard Street. (BusinessWeek)