NYC Trees Getting Their Own Email Addresses; Go Inside the S.S. Columbia

• A slew of signs tagged #Slopelandia are popping up in Park Slope storefronts. Some make fun of local cliches (i.e. Kale Kidz) while others go for the shock factor (an ad for a Donald Trump office). [DNAinfo]
• 200 trees might get personal email addresses “as a mechanism for deepening public engagement with the trees.” [Gothamist]
• Richard Haas’ famous Soho mural is being destroyed by time and vandals. How can it be saved? [NYT]
• The Randall’s Island Connector, which will provide direct access to and from the island and the Bronx, opens this weekend. [Welcome2TheBronx]
• America’s oldest passenger steamship, the S.S. Columbia, has made it to NY state and released a new video about its history. [Untapped]

S.S. Columbia image via S.S. Columbia Project