A MONUMENT TO THE BOOTLEGGER BULLDOG
Untapped Cities has a story on the guerilla bulldog monument that popped up at The Battery. It’s the same jokester sculptor that had this fabulous monument to the time that the Staten Island Ferry was swamped by a giant octopus — Staten Islander Joe Reginella, who delights in creating urban myths. This one is modeled on his dog, Porkchop, and memorializes the bulldogs who served as whiskey-toting bootleggers during Prohibition. Of course. Check out his site here.

EDWARD ALBEE’S LOFT SELLS
Some lucky duck scored Edward Albee’s loft at 14 Harrison — the sale price was about $5.6 million; it was listed at nearly $9 million initially, according to The Times.

MORE ON THE CASE AGAINST JARED ENG
The Trib has a detailed account of the court case that unfolded around the murder of Tribecan Paul Chin, who was killed at her home at 17 Vestry by her son, Jared Eng.

ADVERTISING IN THE SKY
The Guardian had a story on the appearance of 500 drones that lit up the downtown shoreline on Thursday night, “flickering over the horizon in a choreographed dance meant to evoke the experience of swiping colorful treats on a phone screen. Promising a ‘surreal takeover of New York City’s skyline,’ the fleet will pulse with LED lights as it serves miles of Lower Manhattan with an aerial advertisement for the mobile video game, Candy Crush.” Did anyone catch it? So ridiculous.