· Some things never change: 1961 city planning hearings were just full of NIMBYism, grandstanding, and backstabbing as they are today. [Curbed NY]
· Toyo Ito Architecture Museum now open! (above) [Architizer]
· Surprise: rich people in Big Apple still buying expensive apartments. [TRD]
· Actor/auto racer Frankie Muniz is looking to lease out his Arizona estate. [The Real Estalker]
· Preppy Palm Beach might be getting a casino. [TRD]
· Moscow's glittering Bolshoi Theater reopens after six-year, $760M renovation. [AD]
· An 1890 Australian house transformed into a slick modern abode. [Choices UK]
· The world's third-largest mosque to be constructed in Algiers. [Dezeen]
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