Afternoon Links: Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Decides Not to Move to PLG in Wake of Publicity

In the News
Trump’s Central Park Headstone Was Made in South Slope [NYT]
On Homecomings, by Ta-Nehisi Coates [The Atlantic]
Critics Rally Against Proposed Wallabout Channel Power Barge [Eagle]
Touring Oosten, Under Construction at 429 Kent Avenue in ‘Burg [NYY]
Waterfront Residents Weigh In on Proposed Streetcar Line [NY1]
Barclays Center Group Plans to Renovate Paramount Theatre [Billboard]
The Atlantic Avenue “Cut” (1920 vs. 2010) [Brownstone Detectives]
Bushwick Residents May Lose Homes to MTA Construction [DNA]

Comment of the Day

Jersey City taxes are higher, schools are garbage, the path sucks and no alternative, buses even worse. But views are unreal, nightlife and restaurants are improving, prices are a lot cheaper, and mayor is great. Need to figure out priorities.

— Erika Ferrentino-Lauroni in Brooklyn vs. Jersey City: What $500K Buys You, via Facebook

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