Extra, Extra

-- $600K and two years later the MTA has scrapped plans for fancy radio communications for the FDNY and NYPD because they can't get the frequencies from the government.
-- The public embarrassments for the Astors keep on coming! Seems that Mrs. Astor's son dramatically underpaid the taxes she owed after selling a Childe Hassam painting.
-- The idea of zoning out fast food restaurants rises again.
-- The News looks at unsolved murders from the past three years.
-- Uhm, whatever. A City Councilman is angry over a Manhattan-centric subway ad for Public Storage that reads "Finally, A Good Reason To Leave Manhattan."
-- Oh, the Frogger-like existence of bicyclists in the city.
-- We LOVE this series of photos by Dulce Pinzón in the Times today.
-- BrooklynSpeaks, anytime now.
-- In Park Slope new owners mean no more bottles of beer on the wall at two bodegas.

On An Urban Island by Harris Graber via Contribute.