The overbudget WTC redevelopment plan has its first casualty. The wings enclosing the vast concourse of Santiago Calatrava’s transit terminal (rendering above) will now be non-retractable. [City Room]

Alternate-side parking regulations will soon be suspended in Gowanus, Boerum Hill, and Carroll Gardens. Park Slope residents smile in smug satisfaction. [Curbed]

Times Square’s new Premier Hotel has a woman’s-only floor, and there’s a yoga mat for every room! [HotelChatter]

Keith McNally – the hot restaurateur currently spicing up Minetta Tavern – heads to the rapidly gentrifying Bowery. [Eater]

A construction worker in love with an Upper West Side woman does what any sensible man of his trade would do: he repels into her 10th-floor apartment. [NY Post via Gothamist]

A London financial Web site ranks the “Top Ten Hip Financial Firms.” [DealBreaker]

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates unveil the latest rendering of the overbudget Brooklyn Bridge Park. [Curbed]

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