Columbia’s new Center for Urban Real Estate suggests building a giant landbridge from Manhattan to Governors Island. It might be called LoLo, or Lower Lower Manhattan. (NY Times)

The LoLo expansion

A new NASA rover, Curiosity, was successfully launched into space yesterday, and is on its way to Mars. Curiosity will land on the Red Planet in August of 2012. (Engadget)

9 of the top 10 highest tax-paying neighborhoods in the US are located in the New York metro area. (Bloomberg)

The Department of Justice took down 100+ websites over the weekend, claiming that the sites trafficked copyright-infringing material. (Torrent Freak)

map via NYTimes