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Big news from stuffy old Museum Mile: the Whitney finally finalized a massive expansion centered around a new building in the Meatpacking District. The project won't be completed until 2015. But it's not too early to ponder the ramifications it will have on the amorphous neighborhood. More»

Collective Hardware, the five-floor arts space on Bowery and Delancey, is in hot water over what the landlord alleges is $1 million in back rents. Calling all potential investors: the modern day Factory needs your help. More»

Tyra Banks will "write" a kids' fantasy novel. Whimsical plot revolves around a talk show not getting canceled. [AP]
No matter which team she bats for, Elena Kagan roots for the Mets. [CityRoom]
Taylor Swift and Leonard Cohen will both be inducted into Songwriter's Hall of Hame on June 17th. In related news, a plague of locusts will hit Manhattan on June 17th. [AP]
The Apollo gets a walk of fame. [NYDN]
The Bowerly loses its last SRO. [Grieve]
Jill Zarin and Kelly Bensimon pretend to know about Lebron James in exchange for inane newspaper soundbites. [NYDN]
Childless New Yorkers rejoice as new bar bans children, including Karolina Kurkova's! [Eater]

[The new Separd Fairey Mural on Houston and Bowery as of 8:55am via Bowery Boogie]

Shepard Fairey, perhaps best known for his iconic images used in President Obama's "Hope" campaign is the latest street artist to (legally) take to the wall on E.Bowery and Houston Street. Coming off of major buzz from his cameos in "Exit through the Gift Shop" a glorious "Spy vs Spy" sort of film by that other street artist Banksy, Fairey's mural-directly across from the newly opened "Pulinos"- which will cover the old Os Gemeos, is sure to get people talking... More»

In today's day late, buck short news, preservationists started a campaign to add the Bowery to the National Register of Historic Places (how is it not there already) and limit new development on the seedy-to-fab boulevard. More»

Man makes Mario figure out of toast, putting whole new spin on carbo loading [BloggingViaTypewriter]
Speaking of carbs, a New Jersey lady is eating 12,000 calories a day with the goal of becoming world's fattest woman. [DailyMail]
The Tribeca Film Festival lineup takes shape. [NYP}
If these beer halls could talk: a fascinating look at 150 years in the life of one Bowery building. [NYT]
Drunk teens cause $200,000 worth of damage at high school kegger. Rock star potential, kids. [1010]
Scorsese to meet Borat/Bruno/Ali G in his next movie. [Deadline]
Billboard announcing New York's bedbug epidemic rises above Times Square strip club. Puts you in the mood, no? [Wirehead's Flickr]
I woke up with the power out...[NYDN]
Even classy Hollywood couples are bound to divorce: Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes are donezo. [EW]

My inaugural stint as a food blogger began at Pulino's today as downtown restaurant king Keith McNally's latest blockbuster officially opened to the non-"Friends and Family" masses. How was it? More»

When Pulino's opens Tuesday, upscale foodie havens will occupy three of four corners at Bowery and Houston. And while the Bowery revival is old news, the gourmet boom here is notable, since the fourth corner's got a restaurant supply store--the kind of place these newcomers depend on and destroy. More»

A black man can get into the White House, but not racist NYC nightclubs. [Mr. Lewis]

Lights out for historic Bowery lighting district? [BoweryBoogie]

Lil' Wayne's sentencing delayed due to courthouse fire. But did he set it? [MTV]

Joan Rivers' date dropped dead at Le Cirque. Says Rivers: "He saw me in bright lighting." [Eater]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Turn the Domino Sugar factory into a club! [Gothamist]

Bill Clinton's Chappaqua neighbor is a hooker with a penchant for "upscale men." The jokes write themselves. [1010]

Museum of the American Gangster opening in East Village. Little Italy was too crowded with living ones. [MOAG]

The increasingly respectable Bowery has lost its bums, but can now compliment your own bum with J. Crew's new LES-inspired khakis. The preppy chain's catalog doubles as an amusing game of Lower East Side Monopoly, and Ludlow is the new Boardwalk. More»

[Daniel Boulud. All photos by AMBER DE VOS for PMc].

Last night, new Bowery eatery DBGB Kitchen and Bar offered a sneak peak opening to benefit Citymeals-on-Wheels. Hosts Daniel Boulud and Scott Kasen fed many a foodie and chef taking a break from the kitchen, including Bobby Flay, Andrew Carmellini, Gael Greene, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Mauro Maccioni, Todd English and Wylie Dufresne. More»