+ What would Olmsted and Vaux say about the complainers in Prospect Park? We're just happy there's been no violent crime there lately.
+ The Gatehouse: "First new performance space to open in Harlem in a generation." The 1890 Romanesque Revival building was restored for $21 million.
+ Peck Slip redesign should include green space and a piazza, urges community board. But cobblestones are tricky, says area man.
+ The "long-neglected" Flatbush Ave. corridor from Tillary to Hanson Place is getting a new look and so is the Manhattan Bridge's lower roadway.
+ Reusing the city's industrial sites is the subject of a talk at the Municipal Art Society. And we thought ruins were only the purview of tourists.
+ And check out the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum this week. Because of National Design Week, it's free!