••• “The Battery Park City Authority plans to spend $2.5 million repairing leaks and water damage at the Irish Hunger Memorial.” Thank goodness there are no starving people in the world anymore. —Broadsheet

••• “Should 80 Chambers Street loft be embarrassed? (Resells over ask, but only 6% over 2006.)” —Manhattan Loft Guy

••• “The New York University student who was trapped in a narrow gap between two buildings spent 36 hours screaming for help, swearing off alcohol, thinking about his family and contemplating cutting off his own arm, his mother said Tuesday.” —DNAinfo

••• “South Street Seaport recently announced it will be launching a new ice-skating rink just in time for the holiday season. […] The new rink is set to open on November 29.” —Time Out New York

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