document.write('<ol class="tumblr_posts">\x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>Our longer Scarano nightmare may <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/02/19/2009-02-19_embattled_architect_fined_for_failing_to-2.html">finally be over</a>.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>So now we just call him Sir? Norman Foster, <a href="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&amp;storycode=3132908&amp;c=1&amp;encCode=00000000018e91f1">de-Lorded</a> over tax evasion scandal (<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=85246_0_24_0_C">via</a>).</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>The <i>Times </i>reports on the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/nyregion/30housing.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">depressingly routine pillaging of the BPCA fund</a> without bothering to note the &#8216;innovative&#8217; plan of Bloomberg to use the surplus to fund low-income housing was actually just the <a href="http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?article_id=3188">two decade late implementation of the original agreement</a>.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>Antonio Pagan, probably best known for the antipathy he generated in his district among housing advoates, <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/antonio-pagan-50-ex-councilman-is-dead/">died at 50</a>.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>An <a href="http://edificial.com/index2.php">architecture tabloid</a>? Really Eva? <i>Sigh</i>. Who made you do that?</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>The important thing to remember about the <a href="http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/stuy-town-need-more-cash-speyers-six-months-report-says">potential default of Stuy Town</a> is that three years ago it was a completely paid for, tidily, but not extraordinarily profitable enterprise for previous owner MetLife. Debt-free, positive cash-flow, in the best rental market in the US. Now it&#8217;s US$5BN in the hole, and not generating enough cash flow to make the interest servicing. There&#8217;s your economic meltdown in a nutshell.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>Good to see the destruction of culture continues apace even when the specter of overdevelopment no longer looms: the Ohio Theater <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/theater/22Ohio.html?ref=theater">will no longer be</a> in the heart of it all.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>Relative bailouts and civic quality of life update: Paterson <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/nyregion/22funding.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">recommends complete defunding</a> of all zoos, aquariums and gardens (maybe the Bronx Zoo should rename itself &#8216;Yankee Zoo&#8217;) &#8212; watch <a href="http://www.wcs.org/media/video/save-zbga/">the vid</a> the <i>Times </i>won&#8217;t link to here &#8212; while <a href="http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/75-of-latest-bank-of-america-bailout-paid-merrill-lynch-bonuses-bac">Henry Blodget opines</a> that 75% of the $20 billion just given to BAC is for bonuses.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>Nine Days in January: <a href="http://eater.com/archives/categories/resyfeed.php">Prime resys available 2/3rds of the time</a> at A-list haunts.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_text_post">\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                <div class="tumblr_body">\x0a                    <p>The East Village of my youth, like tears in rain: <a href="http://eater.com/archives/2009/01/renovation_report_around_the_clock_shuts_it_down.php">Around the Clock rumored to close entirely</a>.</p>\x0a                </div>\x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a</ol>');