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After five years of ownership changes and tenant battles, a group of well-known hoteliers is betting on the future of the historic Hotel Chelsea. The Real Deal reports that a joint venture made up of BD Hotels’ Richard Born and Ira Drukier and Sean MacPherson (who owns, among others, the Bowery Hotel and Waverly Inn) has closed on the hotel for $250 million, and they plan to convert it to condos and a likely trendy hotel.
The official SantaCon 2018 map is here. Consider yourself warned. 
FAO Schwarz will reopen this November in Rockefeller Center 
This 1946 map shows how Native American trails became the streets of Brooklyn 
VOTE for 6sqft’s 2018 Building of the Year 
The L-train will not run between Brooklyn and Manhattan for 15 weekends 
New renderings of 1,100-unit Hunter’s Point South project in Long Island City 
Lord & Taylor will end its 104-year run with a massive sale and just two holiday windows 
From Mark Twain and the Lovin’ Spoonful to Tech Hub: The overlooked history of Union Square South 