Morning Reads: Airbnb Under Attack, Ten Thousand Saints, Naked Solitaire

Airbnb under fire:  City Council members and NYC residents complain that the short-term-rental service is jeopardizing affordable housing (NYT).

Protecting the Waterfront: A report from last week’s Rebuild by Design forum on the Lower East Side (Curbed).

Yes, gentrification exists in New York City (Observer).

Busting common misconceptions about obtaining (or keeping) a rent stabilized apartment (Brick Underground).

For Meow Parlor, raising money was not the main purpose of a crowdfunding campaign (Entrepreneur).

Ten Thousand Saints, which was partly filmed in Tompkins Square Park and other neighborhood locations, is earning Sundance buzz (EV Grieve).

Chapter NY will become a full time gallery at 127 Henry St. (Art News).

Just another LES art opening: playing soliatire with 52 naked men (Observer).