Rendering of “Big Bend” via Oiio Studio

Some of the leading voices in architecture, real estate, city planning, and design will meet next month for a two-day symposium full of panel discussions and interactive workshops. Presented by the 92nd Street Y and Hundred Stories PR, the City of Tomorrow: Real Estate, Architecture & Design Summit features conversations with renowned architects like Rafael Viñoly and Annabelle Selldorf, restaurateurs José Andrés and Missy Robbins, developer Steven Witkoff, and dozens more. 6sqft has partnered with the organizers to offer two lucky readers a pair of tickets to the March 15 and 16 conference.

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Photo via Wally Gobetz/Flickr (L); Via Wiki Commons (R)

• The Universal Hip Hop Museum at Bronx Point is expected to break ground in December. [Welcome2TheBronx]
• 105-year-old smoked fish mainstay Russ & Daughters has opened a huge new factory in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [Eater]
• Tomorrow, City Bakery expects to sell 1,000 cups of its “Love Potion” hot chocolate at its Union Square location. [Crain’s]
• New York spent $1.5 million to keep the Statue of Liberty open during the government shutdown and $52,000 to hold Cuomo’s inauguration on Ellis Island. [WSJ]
• This summer’s Shakespear in the Park will include Disney’s Hercules. [Metro]
• Mapping all of NYC’s Passive House projects. [CityRealty]

Chrysler Building via Pixabay (L); Google Street View of the Starbucks at 76th and Columbus

• In East New York, the city is looking for artists to beautify Broadway Junction. [BK Reader]
• While most neighborhoods are fighting to save their small businesses, a group of Upper West Siders is petitioning against the closure of their Starbucks. [New Yorker]
• Artist James Turrell has asked MoMA PS1 to close his installation “Meeting” since construction at the former 5 Pointz site is obscuring its sky views. [NYT]
• Experts weigh in on what should be done with the Chrysler Building. [Curbed]
• Con Ed wants to raise gas and electric rates in New York City and Westchester County. [WSJ]
• Did you know Staten Island has a Booze History Museum? [NYT]

Images: Via Flickr cc (L); Via Wiki Commons (R)

• These $15 socks were inspired by the Carroll Street subway stop’s “lawn green” and “hunter green” wall tiles. [NYP]
• Target’s small-format store in Kips Bay is hiring 80 employees ahead of its April 7th opening. [NBC]
• The East Village’s Punjabi Deli has served as a hangout, rest stop, and safe haven for cab drivers for 25 years, but its future is uncertain. [Roads & Kingdoms]
• The Q train: “The only train younger than World War II” with “the nobody peed in here subway smell.” Did you see Leslie Jones’ ode to the Upper East Side on SNL? [Gothamist]
• This spring, Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn is getting an interactive art installation consisting of a playable handball court. [Bklyner]

Gracie Mansion via NYC.gov (L); Via Flickr (R)

• As any good New Yorker knows, roaches don’t die. So to show your sweetie how much you love them this Valentine’s Day, name one of the Bronx Zoo’s Madagascar hissing cockroaches after them. [Bronx Zoo]
• The Essex Street Market is seeking artists to design a mural for their forthcoming Essex Crossing headquarters. [Bowery Boogie]
• Gracie Mansion’s new exhibit, “She Persists: A Century of Women Artists in New York,” includes works by 44 female artists and collectives. [NYT]
• Green space or affordable housing? Inside the fight over the Elizabeth Street Garden. [Curbed]
• The Mayor has announced an NYPD crackdown on illegal parking to speed up buses. [NYC Mayor’s Office]
• The Vandewater, the “first luxury residential tower in Morningside Heights,” has launched sales. [CityRealty]

Rendering via S9 Architecture for Wegman’s (L); Via the Mayor’s Office (R)

• The city’s first “package-free” grocery store has opened in Bushwick. [Grub Street]
• In more grocery store news, the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s forthcoming Wegman’s is hiring for its fall 2019 opening. [Bklyner]
• An Andy Warhol-themed bar called The Factory 380 has opened in Murray Hill. [WSJ]
• Mayor de Blasio announced a new $100 million program that will guarantee health care to all New Yorkers, serving the 600,000 who are currently uninsured regardless of income or immigration status. [Office of the Mayor]
• This month, check out these 32 indoor and outdoor art installations. [Untapped Cities]

Panorama via Wiki Commons; Baby strollers via Flickr cc

• Just how rampant is subway fare evasion? At Times Square, one rider a minute sneaks in. [NYT]
• A judge has temporarily blocked the state’s congestion pricing surcharge on taxi and for-hire vehicles. [abc7]
• For just $100, you can “buy” some NYC real estate at the Queens Museum’s Panorama of the City of New York. [Untapped Cities]
• Emma and Liam, Olivia and Noah–these were the most popular baby names between 2016 and 2017. [Gothamist]
• This website only tells you if the L train is running. [Bushwick Daily]
• Out of the 100+ Christmas covers the New Yorker has published since its inception in 1925, 30 have featured Santa. Check them out. [New Yorker]

Bike lanes via Flickr cc (L); Guggenheim via Wiki Commons (R)

• The city added more than 20 miles of protected bike lanes in 2018, bringing the total to 1,217 miles. [NYC Mayor’s Office]
• Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including the Guggenheim, have been nominated to be World Heritage Sites. [Curbed]
• Get a tour of Amy Sedaris’ quirky, theatrical Greenwich Village apartment. [The Cut]
• Ever hear of Christmas lard bread? This Carroll Gardens bakery has been making it for 90 years. [Bklyner]
• Go inside the new Nitehawk Prospect Park on opening night. [Brownstoner]
• Meet the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bryant Park Santa! [amNY]

L train via Wiki Commons (L); TWA Terminal courtesy of MCR and Morse Development. Photo by Max Touhey. (R)

• This Thursday night, Governor Cuomo will tour the Sandy-damaged Canarsie Tunnel and “personally” vet the L Train shutdown plans. [amNY]
• Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten will run a restaurant and a lounge inside the TWA Hotel, which will bring back some classic dishes from in-flight TWA menus from the 1950s and ’60s. [NYT]
• Is Manhattan West trying to compete with Hudson Yards’ foodie options? Restauranteur Danny Meyer has teamed up with Brookfield Properties for an anchor restaurant, and the developer also announced a 20,000-square-foot food hall. [WSJ]
• The Fearless Girl statue is unveiled at her new Stock Exchange home. [abcNY]
• After a year-long debate, the LPC votes in favor of landmarking rules changes. [Brownstoner]
• You can own the one-time Harlem home of Justice Thurgood Marshall for $500K. [CityRealty]