••• New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman mulls the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s bulk review of the 95 properties that were stranded on its docket (and at risk of a quick “decalendaring” before preservationists and reasonable people everywhere vociferously objected). Kimmelman specifically says “the 1888 Excelsior Power Company Building in Lower Manhattan by William Grinnell” should be landmarked; he doesn’t mention two buildings in Tribeca that could fail to make the cut: 143 Chambers and 315 Broadway.

••• The South Street Seaport Museum announced its first exhibit since Hurricane Sandy: “The exhibition, Street of Ships: The Port and Its People, which is scheduled to open on the museum’s ground floor on March 16, will include art and artifacts from the museum’s permanent collections related to the 19th-century history of the Port of New York.” —New York Times

••• “A 33-year-old tourist suffered a fractured skull after he refused to buy a ticket to the Statue of Liberty and was sucker punched.” It’s mayhem down there! —DNAinfo

••• “How Gold Street Got Its Name.” —Broadsheet

••• Lester Chang is running as a Republican for Sheldon Silver’s former seat. —DNAinfo