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Early Addition: The SoHo REI closed, it's now the OpenAI building
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Published Jul 24, 2026
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Happy Friday morning in New York City, where someone might just hand you a ticket to see "The Odyssey" in IMAX 70mm.
Here's what else is happening:
- New York state is going to have to spend $519 billion between now and 2050 on climate resiliency projects, according to a new report.
- A rare sea turtle who almost died of hypothermia before washing up on a Cape Cod beach last fall was rehabilitated and released into the ocean at Coney Island.
- New real estate sales data indicates that Hudson Yards, Tribeca and SoHo are the city's three most expensive neighborhoods.
- Next month, they're turning off the water at Central Park's Bethesda Fountain and Model Sail Boat Pond for a yearlong renovation.
- The SoHo REI closed for good yesterday.
- Drake took over a New Jersey mansion-turned-hotel for some kind of branded sports happening.
- Killer whales play with their food.
- And finally, vintage Jimothy:
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