– Federal regulators are taking a closer look at casino bus crashes nationwide. [AP via Yahoo News]
– Here’s a big feature on James Ramsey, the creative force behind the Lowline underground park. [Wall Street Journal; subscription required]
– The Landmarks Preservation Commission declines to designate a row of buildings on East 7th Street, clearing the way for the demolition of a townhouse near Avenue C. [EV Grieve]
– More foreign-based galleries are opening American outposts. The Lower East Side is, of course, part of that trend. “David Hoyland, owner of the London-based gallery Seventeen, which plans to open a 3,000-square-foot space next month on the (Bowery), is in the process of moving to New York himself and calls his choice ‘more personal than business.'” [New York Times]
– Neighborhood activists say the mayor should resign for rejecting their sweeping Chinatown rezoning plan. [DNA Info]
