· Latest Real World Brooklyn location rumor: CROWN HEIGHTS! [Brooklynian]
· Broker-blogger Andrew Fine goes crazy, files update on every LIC condo [A Fine]
· St. Vincent's gears up for unveiling of revised proposal on Monday [Crain's]
· Harry Macklowe may be selling the old Drake Hotel site [NYP]
· Columbia University buys failed Riverdale condo development [TRD]
· Bike to Work Day fallout: was this the coolest dude on the street? [Streetsblog]
· Coney Island's new rollercoaster will be a lot bigger than the Cyclone ['Stoner]
· Big Gowanus development site Public Place goes green, gets seeded [GL]
· Little red piano confounds Carroll Gardens [Lost City]

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This week's top dish from Eater, Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog...

1) A new snazzy rooftop lounge opened up for Midtown coolguys, the women they love, and the $18 cocktails they all consume.
2) A full report from Taste of the Nation NYC, including appearances from all your favorite celebrity chefs and cheftestants.
3) Self-serve fro-yo is becoming as ubiquitous as other types of fro-yo.
4) Is begun: 2nd Ave. Deli's catering operation moving next door to the hopes and dreams of East 14th Street?
5) How bloody is too bloody when it comes to skate? Eater commenters weigh in!

· Eater [eater.com]

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· What gentrification? Two old Jews spotted on the Lower East Side [VNY]
· Trump Soho left off list of new buildings with 'abs' [Sun]
· Tishman Speyer's huge Gotham Center in LIC's Queens Plaza moves forward [TRD}
· Durst/Vornado say Condé Nast will rejoin their Hudson Yards bid [TRE]
· Williamsburg can't stop groping its sultry beer babes [Gothamist]
· Starck-designed Morgans Hotel closing up shop for $9 renovation [NYology]
· Greenpoint rumormongering: church properties to yield more fingers? [NYShitty]

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And now the latest from Racked, covering retail from the sidewalks up.

[Photo courtesy of Femia]

1) Hell's Kitchen: American Apparel is this close to opening their store on Ninth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets.

2) Midtown: The The ginormous Muji that will be the Japanese chain's second US store and its New York flagship inside the new New York Times building on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets is opening by the end of the month.

3) Soho: The Pottery Barn on Broadway below Houston is toast. Be afraid.

4) Tribeca: The Steve Alan sample sale has turned into a big deal. Racked has a photo gallery of the line, etc.

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· What will Wall St. carnage and a recession do the NYC office market? [Sun]
· Foreclosures causing major problems for condo owners everywhere [NYT]
· How four New Yorkers are fighting the despair of the credit crunch [NYP]
· MAS cites Piano, Gehry bldgs & Floating Pool as 'masterworks' [TRD]
· State making progress on capping property tax increases [Sun]
· Is the Parks Department dumping garbage in Queens wetland? [Queens Crap]
· Yes, it was Frank Sinatra Day in non-hipster Williamsburg [NYShitty]
· Is Sunset Park waterfront park another big stalled Brooklyn plan? [GL]
· Dumbo getting giant underground 'bladder' to hold its crap [Brownstoner]

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· Bruni has two stars for preening 'ego food' at Upper West Side's Eighty One [NYT]
· RG comes dangerously close to panning De Niro's Ago, lives to tell tale [NYDN]
· East Village pizza sensation Artichoke apparently opens sometimes [GQ]
· Latest 'authentic' NYC BBQ joint Wildwood gets a B from Ed Levine [ELEats]
· Revamped The Harrison in Tribeca is flirting with perfection [TONY]
· Punjab, the go-to pre-Mercury Lounge spot, will now be very crowded [NYT]
· Members-only Soho rooftop lounge A60 opens for the season today [Eater]
· A Queens taco truck that'll transport you to the magical land of L.A. [GofaG]
· Food battle of the boroughs: Staten Island wins something [NYP]

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Here's another classic New York City rental question concerning what happens to the rental apartment when one's significant other moves away. The heck with the girlfriend moving to California, will the boyfriend still qualify to rent with the reduced income? Here it is:

When my boyfriend and I signed our lease in December, we made 40x the rent combined ($1850). However, I'm being transferred out to California at the end of the year; boyfriend will stay in the apartment. Here's my question - he makes $50K, so 27x the rent. Do you think the landlord will let him renew the lease just under his name with that salary, or will I have to stay on the lease as well even though I'm moving out? (As in, would he have to reapply for the apartment all over again?) I guess I could call the management company, but it's a little early to notify them!

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Shaking us out of our post-Kanye hangover (who knew an architecture critic could put on such a good show?) is this week's Observer, which carries quite the extravaganza: The 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate. The list was constructed in a very eco-friendly manner: it's all about the green. Or in the Observer's words: "The list, especially higher up, contains those who animate the deals and the trends. They are the deciders and the money providers." The top dog, in an entry that was probably feverishly rewritten over the past few days, is Tishman Speyer CEO Jerry Speyer. The deuce spot goes to Mayor Bloomberg, and #3 is one of New York's more prominent Steves, Related CEO Stephen Ross (Vornado's Steven Roth is at #24). The highest-ranking broker is Elliman's controversial spark plug Dolly Lenz, at #25, and her former protegé and current nemesis Michael Shvo is the last to be included, at #100. In Shvo's eyes, we're not sure what would be the bigger insult: being last on the list, or being left off it entirely. We'd ask, but the sound of the Dubai wind whipping through his immaculate coiffure would probably make it too loud for him to hear us. Donald Trump, burn, is #38.
· The 100 Most Powerful People in New York Real Estate [NYO]

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