–One in four luxury apartments in NYC are unsold. “The single largest reason the Lower East Side tops the list is because of the massive One Manhattan Square, an 815-unit skyscraper that towers over nearby Chinatown, where prices ranged from $1.2 million for a one-bedroom to over $13 million for a penthouse. Among seven new buildings in the neighborhood that have recorded sales, it represents three-fourths of the new inventory.” [New York Times]
–Essex Crossing is touted as a “model mega-development.” [City Lab]
–William Y. Chang, who published the Chinese-American Times, has died at the age of 103. The newspaper “chronicled life, culture and politics in the Chinese community in New York, particularly in Chinatown.” [New York Times]
–Tributes to photographer Robert Frank who died at the age of 94. [EV Grieve]
–A new exhibition on Russ & Daughters opens today at the Center for Jewish History. [New York Times]
–“Tables for Two:” Checking out Jajaja, the almost always packed vegan Mexican restaurant “with a millennial tinge.” [The New Yorker]
–The popular Taiwanese bubble tea shop, Tiger Sugar, opens Saturday at 197 Canal St. [Eater]
–Previewing the San Gennaro Festival. [Untapped Cities]
