Duly Noted: 3/4/08
The Survivors' Stairway once led to the elevated, sprawling Austin Tobin Plaza at the World Trade Center. Photo via Megalho on Flickr
* The Survivors' Stairway, the last remaining aboveground portion of the WTC complex that is still at Ground Zero, is being removed for safe-keeping. [City Room]
* Translating developer speak: A user's guide. [Lost City]
* Right next to the storied Pete's Tavern in Irving Place, where O. Henry is said to have written "The Gift of the Magi," will rise a condo tower. [Jeremiah's Vanishing New York]
* The Shake Shack: Once, it was a little joint in Madison Square Park, but soon, it will become a chainlet. [Gothamist]
* Live in lovely Pomander Walk on the Upper West Side for a cool $2.295 million. [Curbed]
* The mystery of the protected tree that grows next to a Bayside McMansion. [Queens Crap]
* The horror as John Varvatos still preps the former CBGB space for a new Bowery store. [Racked]
* Scary: When the F train is out, the Roosevelt Island Tram will be overwhelmed. [Roosevelt Islander]
* John Teti, our former humor columnist and "Daily Show" alum, pays a visit to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. [Geek Out New York]
-- Rolando Pujol
