Morning Brief: July 16

Morning Brief: July 16, 2015

The world’s most iconic toy store has officially closed. FAO’s Schwarz’s flagship Manhattan store served its last customers today after more than a century in New York City, and nearly three decades at its most recent location. The store became famous for being featured in movies like 1988’s “Big,” and people from around the world came to see it before it shut its doors for good. Fans might not be completely out of luck, however; the store is reportedly looking to relocate, and might even be considering a new location on the West Side of Manhattan.

NEED TO KNOW
Obama Begins 60-Day Campaign to Win Over Iran Deal Skeptics [New York Times]

Raúl Castro Seeks to Put Past Behind Cuba and Peacefully Coexist with US [The Guardian]

Which Presidential Candidates Are Winning the Money Race So Far? [New York Times]

Trash Can Wi-Fi Hotspots Coming to New York [Popular Mechanics]

NJ Transit Approves Increasing Fares an Average of 9% [Wall Street Journal]

WEATHER
82 degrees and sunny [Full Forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
No games played.

Tonight
No games scheduled.

ON STAGE TONIGHT

Hot Tuna electric and Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam @ Prudential Hall at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Foo Fighters (with Royal Blood) @ Citi Field

Steve Earle And The Dukes with The Mastersons  @ the Ridgefield Playhouse

Ian Tyson @ City Winery

Toad The Wet Sprocket (with A Fragile Tomorrow) @ the Paramount

George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic @ Theater Square at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center

The Revivalists with Gedeon Luke And The People @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg

Larry Coryell And The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell, Alphonse Mouzon, Randy Brecker, John Lee and Julian Coryell @ the Blue Note

Rex (Fowler) And His Rockabilly Kings @ the Turning Point

Johnny A @ the Cutting Room

Soja (with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad) @ the Klein Memorial Auditorium

The Stu Hamm Band @ Iridium

“Great South Bay Music Festival” begins today @ Shorefront Park in Patchogue

Matisyahu @ Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall

Angela McCluskey And Paul Cantelon @ Rockwood Music Hall

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company.