Wednesday Morning Links & Comment

The Flatiron Building (1910)

Storm Watch and Power watch segments are suspended as the weather, thankfully, has gotten back to normal. Ironically, it was the change in weather that brought far more power outages than usage from the extreme heat. Currently, better than 130,000 in the tri-state are without power, down from a peak of 200,000 last night. The vast majority of outages are in Jersey. Here are today's links:
Thousands Without Power After Storm (WNBC)
New Hotels Planned For Eighth Avenue (NY Post)
Mortgage Delinquencies Soar In NYC, Especially SE Queens (Crains)
Surprise- US Pending Home Sales Rise (NY Times)
A Peak Inside Amish Market, LIC (Racked)
The Glass Tycoon: Interview With 350 W. B'Way's Aby Rosen (Observer)
Italian Firm Buys Majority Stake In The Flatiron Bldg (Observer)