Duly Noted
The Lumber Boys in Murray Hill displays a terrific exchange telephone number. The MU stands for Murray, naturally.
* It's the last chapter for the last independent book shop in the Bronx. [Talk Bronx]
* Jeremiah surveys the small-business destruction at the Hotel Breslin. [Jeremiah's Vanishing New York]
* Murray Hill homeless shelter gets to share the slickly branded scaffolding of another towering condo. Isn't that nice? [Welcome to Murraytown via Curbed]
* What did New Yorkers do before air-conditioning? [City Room]
* Nathan's hot-dog contest may be shorter this year, to the obvious chagrin of these athletes. [Gothamist]
* An old sign discovery that's like a refreshing cold front. [Gowanus Lounge]
* Get a head start on tomorrow's nostalgia today. The Kinkos name is about to disappear. FedEx is dropping the brand in favor of FedEx Office. [Kottke]
* Explore these photos of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 funeral procession from New York to Washington. They're on display at Danzinger Projects in Chelsea. [Kottke]
* Paul Richard, the artist who affixes art-show labels on street objects and gives them ludicrously high prices, strikes again, this time in Greenpoint. See a related Urbanite post one of his works in Chelsea.
* Henry Miller just hates New York, and he'll tell you in a rant excerpted from a 1975 film. [Gothamist]
* Take a cool swim beside the Hell Gate's Bridge. This 1936 photo is quite inviting during this early heat spell. (It's actually still spring!) [Ephemeral New York]
* Here's a classic Queenscape. [Queens Crap]
* Big changes are transforming First Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets. [Jeremiah's Vanishing New York]
* At 90, Mike Wallace, recovering from health setbacks, may not return to the tube. But we have a feeling that this New York institution -- whose show Nightbeat on Channel 5 in the 1950s introduced the world to his iconic interview style -- will return in due time. [Daily Intelligencer]
* Yuppie scum (and Bruce Willis), stay away from the Bowery on Friday night if you know what's good for you. [Curbed]
* Once upon a time in New York, horses were quite the public health hazard. [City Room]
* Ikea "pop ups" are unleashed around town in advance of Red Hook store's grand opening. [Racked]
* Hotel developers just adore Sunset Park. [Brownstoner]
-- Rolando Pujol
