In this image taken with a smartphone, truck driver Joe Macken poses in front of his scale model of New York City. Photo: Philip Marcelo/AP
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THE LEDE: Good morning. For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. Now his model is on display at the Museum of the City of New York.
The Rundown
‘Appetizing’ stores are the quieter, less famous sibling of the Jewish deli: The quieter, less famous sibling of the Jewish delicatessen comes straight out of the kosher laws that forbid mixing meat and dairy — not just on the plate, but in the kitchen, the utensils, even the store itself.
A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now it’s a museum exhibit: All five boroughs and parts of New Jersey and suburban Long Island are laid out in street-level detail across more than 300 large foam boards, interconnected like puzzle pieces.
On the house: The organizations making free programming hot in Brooklyn: Organizations in Brooklyn have been stepping up over the last decade to meet the rising demand for free events across the borough.
Joyful dressing and the trends that took over New York Fashion Week: Across the runways this New York Fashion Week, designers reimagined spring dressing by shaking up the season’s staples of florals and pastels, opting instead for more modern and irreverent trends.
200K potholes repaired this year: Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday repaired New York City’s 200,000th pothole of the year on Troutman Street in Bushwick.
Without trust, civilization falls apart: Researchers have tracked what researchers call “social trust” for decades, and it is quietly eroding.
Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection at the Brooklyn Museum for final full exhibition: The historic Henry and Rose Pearlman collection, featuring European masterpieces by Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh, comes to the Brooklyn Museum for its final full-collection tour on Oct. 2.
‘Messy, difficult’: Building a user-friendly portal for New York’s 9/11 documents: The death of a family member inspired a Brooklyn web developer to make the Sept. 11 files more accessible to New Yorkers. (The City Reporter)
Our world in photos: Dogs, dads, Democrats and more.
Our World in Photos
SCOTLAND — Britain’s Prince William meets local people after visiting the community-owned Anchor Tavern Pub & Hub in Port Bannatyne. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP
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"NYC preschools are finally getting paid. Now they're bracing for next month." (Gothamist)
Staff Picks
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EAT: Heading to Little Italy? Here are 11 "actually good" restaurants there. (Eater)
CARTOON: Round and round we go. (The New Yorker)
LIVE: "Borough Developers Closes on $84M Sale of Downtown Brooklyn Development Site" (Commercial Observer)
The Wrap
⌛ ON THIS DAY
In 1939, the Eagle reported, "Brooklyn’s own baseball Dodgers, it was announced today, will finish their season in Ebbets Field in a blaze of doubleheaders, calculated to bring this year’s attendance well over the magic million mark." Click here to see what else happened on this day in history.
📔 IMPRINT
American actress Dakota Johnson wears yellow for Vogue.
👑 ROYAL WATCH
"Britain’s royal family wracked by fresh turmoil after brief summer respite" (CNN)
🏀 SPORTS
Scholastic Roundup: Don't look now but here come the Cougars (Brooklyn Eagle)
Film and TV producer Jerry Bruckheimer
"Doctor Sleep” author Stephen King
“Ghostbusters” star Bill Murray
TV personality Nicole Richie
“The Walking Dead” star Christian Serratos
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