GROUND CLEARED FOR 30-STORY FIDI HOTEL
Stonehill Taylor, the architects behind the Crosby Street Hotel and the Whitby, and behind the soon-to-be hotel at 86 Warren, also have the contract for 110-112 Liberty. Demolition there is now complete for the 30-story hotel across from the WTC, and conveniently right next to Burger King.

AN APARTMENT BY PAINTBOX
Architectural Digest features the loft of Elle Langston, the owner of the Soho nail salon Paintbox, which was designed by Olivia Stutz with a lot of color and “pops of structural and metallic pieces to reflect Elle’s passion for putting two unexpected colors together, something she harnesses at her nail studios.”

THE ECONOMICS OF POP-UPS
Glossy examines the value of and economics behind the pop-up store, and since we seem to be surrounded by them, it may be worth a scroll. And here’s the same story from Forbes.

FARE SPLITTING ON THE VERRAZANO
It takes a bit to follow, but the Broadsheet covered an announcement by Jerry Nadler that the Verrazano will now collect tolls in both directs, which means trucks won’t get a free ride into downtown by heading west on the bridge. “Although the Verrazzano is eight miles away from Lower Manhattan, its tolling pattern is a significant contributor to Downtown traffic patterns, as a result of perverse financial incentives. Traffic (especially large trucks, for which bridge and tunnel tolls are much costlier that for passenger cars) seeks the path of least expense. As a result, each day, more than 1,000 trucks making a round trip between New York and New Jersey cross the Verrazano on their way into the City, and then exit via the Holland Tunnel, which collects no toll on westbound traffic, but does charge for vehicles moving eastward.”