The Volcker rules are a great political ideaeven though the real problems may lie elsewhere.

Save the City Reliquary–and take a tour inside now. [FNY]

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This weekend is the last chance you’ll have to buy books at Skyline. But there is some good news. According to People magazine’s website “People Pets,” Skyline’s beloved bookstore cat, Linda, has found a new home.

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J.D. Salinger is gone. [NYT]

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Five long-running acts that are as worthy of your time and money as ever.

Patricia Kennealy Morrison, former wife of Jim, writes in remembering Ratner’s on 2nd, saying, “Ah, Ratner’s…my husband and I were particularly partial to the strawberry shortcake and mile-high chocolate cream pie. We’d go there for dessert after dinner at the Second Avenue Deli. Though he only played the Fillmore East one weekend…he had this band called the Doors.”

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The next amusement park to open at Coney will be called…Luna Park. Just like the first, many moons ago. [ATZ]

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