• It's springtime for Bloomberg, and no German-speaking New Yorker will go un-campaigned-to. [The Politicker]
• After 85 years of "temporary" closure, a new park opens at the far west end of Canal Street. [Downtown Lad via Curbed]
• Introducing the "Harper's iPod," which proves Andrew Hearst has too much time on his hands, and too few obsessions. [Panopticist]
• Bed, Bath & Beyonc , in Chelsea, natch. [BlogChelsea]