On the Market: Soaring Skyscraper Profits; Will Smith, Preservationist; WTC Bonds Bounce

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Indian guru loves Times Square [Times]

High-speed rail cut, but Fed budget not all bad for transit [TransNation, Streetsblog]

Walmart’s Chicago stores are a bust [Crain’s]

More on Macklowe’s East Side takeover [Post]

Innovation means skyscrapers can be more profitable [Journal]

Ed Koch gets his bridge as Queensboro renames [News]

Bagli on the rent regulation fight [Times]

Urban farm opens in Battery Park City using Met’s bamboo [ArchPaper]

Men in Black 3 good for something: saves Coney Island building [Real Deal]

City wants Victorian-themed food carts for Tavern lot [DNAinfo]

Trapped in a subway elevator [Journal]

State holds up $900 million ground zero bond [Crain’s]

Diamond District makes big donation to Japanese relief [Real Deal]