Morning Reads: Community Garden Battle, Seaport Changes, Pole Dancing at the New Museum

Activists make a stand against the mayor’s plan to build housing on community garden parcels throughout the city (NYT).

A “moment of truth” for the South Street Seaport (Commercial Observer).

Pole dancing with a message: looking in on the New Museum’s latest interactive happening (Hyperallergic).

A look at Hood by Air, the cutting edge fashion brand operating from a storefront on Hester Street (NYM).

Who was that really tall dude on stage at Rockwood Music Hall? Oh yeah, it was Yale starting forward Brandon Sherrod, who has now joined the Whiffenpoofs (NYT).