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Earlier today, the city's Parks & Recreation department and the Central Park Conservancy cut the ribbon on the restoration of Central Park's Bethesda Terrace Arcade. As we mentioned yesterday, the tiles were removed from the Arcade's ceiling more than 20 years ago due to severe damage. While two panels were restored in 1998 and 2002, it wasn't until the Central Park Conservancy was given $3.5 million by Evelyn West that the rest of the tiles could be restored.

A security guard at the W Hotel on Lexington Avenue found a housekeeper, unconscious after being raped on Monday morning. The 25 year old victim told the police that she was attacked from behind, her head getting "bashed" near the sixth floor ice machine (according to the Daily News, the guard had been delivering bills when he saw the victim at 4:30AM). Female hotel guests weighed in: One told the Post, "The hotel never said anything," while another told the Daily News, "Oh, my God. You pay money to stay at a high-end hotel, you expect to be safe." What is hotel security like at the W? In Gothamist's experience at some NYC hotels, there's no oversight at all, while others require keycards for people to use the elevator - and the Sixth Avenue Hilton in midtown has required the name of a hotel guest before entering.

-The FDA has again delayed making a decision over making Plan B (the morning-after pill) available over the counter. In Gothamist's humble opinion this latest delay is BS.

In Gothamist’s continuing search for the perfect Sunday dinner, we ventured into the East Village’s Miss Williamsburg Portavia, the sister restaurant of Williamsburg’s Miss Williamsburg Diner, and oh was it good. The Williamsburg branch is in a 1940's dining car, pictured above, and we love old diners, certainly for their looks, but mostly for their food. Despite not being in an antique dining car, the East Village branch served up fresh and delicious fare; the restaurant atmosphere was sort of Nouveau NYC meets quaint Southern Italy. It also added that the couple next to us was speaking Italian with the waiter, who, incidentally, was very helpful and recommended the perfect wine for each of our dishes (but then switched them by mistake!). The service was leisurely but not neglectful--Gothamist regretted having to hurry out to catch Six Feet Under and hopes to return soon for a long leisurely dinner.

I see notices for Sample Sales all the time, such as the listings on the Manhattan Users Guide. My question is, I'm not a size 0 and I don't want to be embarrassed showing up to one of these sample sales only to be the only person there with a curvy figure. Any advice on sample sale workings?

Another partly cloudy day with a high around 82.

Harrison Ford, where art thou? You're our Han Solo, our Indiana Jones...hell, our Jack Ryan (we need a good CIA hero in this day and age, we suppose). It seems you've been going through a three-quarter-life crisis. In love with Calista Flockhart? The earring? The crappy movies? It's so sad to Gothamist that you have to star in a movie with Bedhead (as for Hollywood Homicide, A.O. Scott likes it, Manohla Dargis doesn't). Yes, you're the most popular star on the earth, but we're waiting for Fametracker to do a Fame Audit.

The New York Times finally catches up to Lockhart Steele's Surface Hotel obsession, with a piece about the new development, playing it up as an incongruous but perhaps inevitable addition to the Lower East Side. Paul Stallings, the developer of the project, says, "We celebrate the tenement context; we want to look out on fire escapes." Yes, celebrating the tenement context in the $2,500 duplex penthouse. In Gothamist's book, that's called slumming.

It looks like Will Ferrell kicked some marathon ass at the Boston Marathon. In Gothamist's book, finishing a marathon is amazing. Finishing at a 9:01/mile pace is incredible and we're duly impressed. We promise to see Elf and Anchorman when they come out.