(Photo: Scott Lynch)
Vanity Projects, a nail salon/art gallery that began as a pop-up installation, opened a permanent home base at 99 Chrystie Street. [Bowery Boogie]
The Department of Transportation temporarily removed Mosaic Man’s installation on a traffic-light pole at Astor Place, which was installed as a tribute to firefighters who died on 9/11. The DOT plans to reinstall it after utility work is complete. [DNAinfo]
People are getting drunk and Citi Biking home. It’s not exactly recommended. [The New York Times]
The performance artist Penny Arcade spoke to the Observer about the Lower East Side Biography Project, an oral-history series chronicling the neighborhood’s fading arts and nightlife culture. [New York Observer]
Samy Mahfar, a controversial LES property owner, purchased a 20-unit apartment building at 210 Rivington for $7.62 million. [The Lo-Down]
Check out this awesome footage of Williamsburg, shot from a Quadcopter. [Free Williamsburg]
“A politically astute new generation of ultra-Orthodox leaders” from Brooklyn’s Hasidic enclaves are pressuring city officials to better accommodate their traditions. [New York Times] 
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