Morning Reads: Flipping 190 Bowery, Seaport Tower Shrinks, Anti-Placard Parking Push

By
Ed Litvak
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RFR Holdings is looking to flip 190 Bowery just two months after going into contract on the landmark owned by photographer Jay Maisel (Commercial Observer).

The Howard Hughes Corp. has agreed to reduce the height of a proposed Seaport tower from 52 to 42 stories (Crain’s).

A City Council hearing on a proposal to institute a 10 cent plastic bag fee turned contentious. Local Council member Margaret Chin is one of the sponsors (NYT).

The Chinatown Partnership speaks out against placard parking (Streetsblog).

Catherine Guerriero, who ran for public advocate, is the new president of La Salle Academy (Daily News).

Bushwick doesn’t want SantaCon either (AMNY).

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