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Monday lunchtime linkage

Why your tap water has tasted a little off lately [Village Voice] Mayor Tall keeps stepping on rakes [New York…

The Week in Broketown, 8/10 – 8/14

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Friday lunchtime linkage

Who bombed the NYC World's Fair? [Atlas Obscura] The Mets are good again, but pour one out for poor Jose…

Report says half a million trains ran late between 2013 and 2014

Ah, the subway delay. Go-to story for frequently late employees and boyfriends, but as it turns out, it's not as…

Thursday lunchtime linkage

Hero cabbie exploits rent laws for $226/month Chelsea apartment [New York Post] Brooklyn is getting a cereal bar, which is…

Queens is the new Brooklyn (expensive)!

Queens has been prophesied to be a new Brooklyn for some time now, even if no one exactly knows what…

Which will come first: The Squibb Bridge reopens, new C trains or the sweet release of death?

Part of living in New York involves realizing that basically any highly touted public or even private project is probably…

Wednesday lunchtime linkage

Shockingly, Park Slope doesn't like the idea of being rezoned [Crain's] Yo dawg we heard you like buildings so we…

Brooklyn loves pro wrestling, makes it expensive like everything else

Maybe because everyone realized they actually do live violence, no matter how choreographed, maybe because it's impossible to turn away…

Tuesday lunchtime linkage

Hey, what's up in Brooklyn, Mississippi? [Gothamist] Uber serves the outer boroughs better, but is still heavy in Manhattan [FiveThirtyEight]…