City Councilmember Rafael Espinal says making basement apartments safe and legal is a solution to the housing crisis (NY Daily News)
Somewhere, tiny little violins are playing: A luxury penthouse at a Tribeca condo building favored by A-listers sold for $20 million, half its original asking price (The Real Deal)
Do you remember the Roseland Ballroom? It's gone, replaced by the ARO, a modern 62-floor rental tower (The New York Times)
Costas Kondylis, a prolific NYC architect who designed more than 86 buildings here, died on Friday. He was 78 (The Real Deal)
How to completely furnish an apartment when you're starting with nothing (and don't want to rely on IKEA or Craigslist) (The New York Times)
A new line of furniture is designed exclusively to make use of narrow, cramped, and otherwise useless hallway space (Apartment Therapy)