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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on West 52nd St. and Broadway in Manhattan, a double shooting on Fenton Ave. and Boston Rd. in the Bronx, and escaped prisoners on East 163rd St. and Westchester Ave. in the Bronx.
- Curbed looks at the new Red Hook IKEA under construction, which is starting to become recognizable.
- Paul McCartney is playing the Highline Ballroom tomorrow night in a now not-so-secret show.
- Brooklyn's Smith St. is getting its own Pó, which will open Thursday and is related to the former Mario Batali West Village restaurant of the same name.
- “Just when you think the past is consumed, it rears its lovely head,” says an architect quoted in a New York Times' article on the original home of Tiffany & Co. at 15 Union Sq. West.
- Coney Island Lager––the first of a number of sideshow-inspired beers that will be brewed in Brooklyn and sold to benefit non-profit Coney Island USA.
- A cool collection of penny postcard depicting NYC attractions.
- Did the Sopranos finale leave you in the mood for onion rings? Midtown Lunch offers some thoughts on New York standouts and places that should be ashamed of themselves.
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