ELIZABETH STREET GARDEN SUES CITY
Supporters of the garden, a mid-block refuge between Spring and Prince, have sued the city to block construction of senior housing on the site, “garnering thousands of signatures and raising money to hire Norman Siegel, a well-known civil rights attorney and former executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, to represent them.” The city-owned lot is leased to a nearby business owner; about four years ago, neighbors volunteered to monitor the gates keep the space open seven days a week. –The Times

WOLF OF WALL STREET SELLS
The Wall Street Journal reports that Alan Wilzig, the race car driving banker known for inspiring a character in Martin Scorsese’s film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is in contract to sell his New York townhouse for $12.65 million, dramatically less than its original nearly $44 million asking price. He paid $3.35 million in the mid-2000s, and put $1.5 million into the place, so it all worked out in the end.

AMERICAN THREAD PENTHOUSE FOR SALE
The penthouse at the American Thread building is for sale for $14.8 million. It has a rotunda with a stained-glass oculus, which isn’t an amenity you see every day. Stay tuned here for a loft peeping.

AD FEATURES ARTIST’S LOFT
Architectural Digest features a 2,000-square-foot loft on Walker owned by artist Ryan McGinness and his wife, Trish Goodwin, that the editors titled “Controlled Chaos.” Umm, ok. Getting permission from Conde Nast to rerun the photos was painful, so instead I am including this very cool vid of McGinness in his Chinatown studio a few years ago. Says AD: “The artist was involved in every detail, including architectural drawings, furniture design, and art placement.”

FILL IN THE EAST RIVER?
The Gothamist reports that the de Blasio administration is considering a former Bloomberg plan to create new landfill in the East River, similar to BPC, to protect Lower Manhattan from the threat of climate change. Part of the Big U plan, “the area considered for new land would be south of the Brooklyn Bridge down to around the Battery, and out to the pier-heads, according to one person who was recently briefed by the city on the plan, and who is not authorized to speak to reporters.”

TAYLOR’S STALKER VOWS TO COME BACK
Page Six has a jailhouse interview from The Tombs on White Street with Taylor Swift’s committed stalker, who has broken in to her Franklin Street home twice now: “Roger Alvarado, 22, grinned with wild eyes as he confessed, ‘I don’t regret it’ when asked about his latest violent incursion into the singer’s home. Questioned whether he would break in again, the obsessed fan added, ‘Probably, with more violence, but not towards her. I don’t want to hurt her. I just wanted to speak to her, to talk to her. She seems nice [and] cool,’ Alvarado said.”

Oh boy.