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5 days ago | curbed.com | Justin Davidson

The city we could have. (Scroll down to see the similar vibrancy of this intersection a century ago.) Years ago, one of the many storms that periodically flood Riverside Park cracked open a playground’s paving. The sinkhole has gone unrepaired since then, and it’s grown deep and wide enough that a bear might choose to hibernate in it, curling up beneath the trees that have taken root in the cavity.

6 days ago | curbed.com | Jeremy Rellosa |Zoe Papelis

Paige Bueckers (pictured above)Dallas Wings, Pick No. 1, Hopkins, Minnesota How are you feeling now that the draft is over? Really, just so much excitement for the next chapter. Women’s sports are so beautiful. We compete at a high level. We invest so much into ourselves, into the game. And we love it. What’s the first thing you’re going to do when you get home later? Drink a pop! Meaning a soda? No, a pop is a pop. I’m from the Midwest. Thank you for subscribing and supporting our journalism.

1 week ago | curbed.com | Kim Velsey

In the months since City Council passed the bill making it illegal for a broker hired by the landlord to charge the tenant a fee, everyone’s been watching to see if it will actually go into effect this June. (There’s a REBNY lawsuit trying to stop it.) But this week, we got a glimpse of what it might look like in practice when Crain’s reported what fines brokers who charge illegal fees would have to pay. Except, they seem kind of low?

1 week ago | curbed.com | Adriane Quinlan

126 Noyac Path was built by Robert Lym Jr. for Walter Kacik. The architect Robert Lym Jr. didn’t go after fame. The museums, libraries, and hotels he helped design were branded under the name of his boss, I.M. Pei. Hired in the late 1950s, Lym stayed until his retirement, in 2002, when he’d ascended to the title of head of interiors.

1 week ago | curbed.com | Matthew Sedacca

The seller of this mid-19th-century Colonial in Bridgewater, Connecticut, clearly has a taste for antiquities and ornate armchairs, as seen in this listing photo. Part of living in New York City is thinking about moving out of New York City. Each month, we’ll round up the best listings within commuting-ish distance, places where entire houses go for the cost of a “junior one-bedroom” (or less), but you’ll have to fix your own toilet.