Early Addition: The Financial District is now the Stroller District

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Good Monday morning in New York City, where these Upper East Side walkup tenants are facing a classic dilemma: Is it worth living in a construction zone if the rent is decent?

Here’s what else is happening:

  • Since the pandemic, office buildings in the Financial District have been converted into residential towers, and now the neighborhood is a family zone.
  • “I came to know his sense of humor and his penchant for working on the weekends, his positivity and charm. And the more we spoke, I came to know something else as well: the peculiar experience of being confided in and lied to at the same time.” A New York Times reporter has been on the horn with George Santos.
  • Lorde rides the subway.
  • Some of the biggest pumpkins in the world are coming to the New York Botanical Garden.
  • You can still get aย beer and a shotย for five bucks in this city.
  • More than 1,000ย utility workers, AKA “electric cowboys,” have been racing up wooden poles at the 39th Annual International Linemanโ€™s Rodeo in Kansas.ย 
  • Marathon season is nearly over, which means it’s almost time for runners to pay attention to their families again.
  • ยกSรกbado Gigante!
  • And finally, it’s bad luck to put your back feet down:

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