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• If you break down the numbers, the MTA pays an average of $2,000 to escort homeless people from the subways; in related news, Camp Laguardia, the biggest shelter to serve NYC, is being closed
• The Brooklyn Bridge Park could actually cost $300 million - not the $150 million budgeted - to develop
• Yesterday, a water main broke in Central Park, causing flooding to the whole 96th Street Transverse

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The wonderful Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanic Garden opens this Saturday, and Gothamist urges anyone with a passing interest in NYC architecture to head up to the Bronx to see it. We went last year, and it was absolutely magical: The Guggenheim made out of huge mushrooms! The Brooklyn Bridge carefully constructed from twigs - with trains zipping on it! The lions outside of the New York Public Library! The NY Times' Ink column looks at the creation of buildings and bridges, which has Yankee Stadium as a new addition this year, and there's a great quote from tPaul Busse, the landscape architect who builds the models: "Every year, we take a ride into Manhattan. But after working with our buildings, the real thing can almost be a letdown."

The Brooklyn Bridge is 120 years old today, and celebrations are underway right now, with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz leading a "Big Crossing" of cyclists and walkers across the bridge from Manhattan. The Empire Fulton Ferry State Park is where to Brooklyn is getting the party started, with a party plus a sunset performance by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. And a special fireworks show by the Gruccis is scheduled at 10:45PM tonight. [Via Newsday]