Ground Zero Rescue Dog Gets Touching 16th Birthday Party; The Oldest Stuff in New York State

• Bretagne, the golden retriever who was one of 100 rescue dogs at Ground Zero (and is reportedly the last one living), got a pretty amazing 16th birthday party. [DNAinfo]
• The oldest stuff in the state of New York, from pizza to newspaper to lighthouse. [Thrillist]
• Chinese artist Yi Yang has finished his mural that features the face of every FDNY worker who died in the 9/11 terror attacks. [NYDN]
• The Brooklyn Historical Society is offering Free Fridays from now until November. [Brokelyn]
• Check out these crazy, alternative plans for the Whitney Museum. [Untapped]
• This 3D-printed bubble house might be where people live on Mars. [Dezeen]

Images: Bretagne and her mom/handler Denise Corliss via Texas Task Force 1 (L): NY’s oldest church, the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, via DarlingTRK/Flickr (R)