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Good morning and happy Saturday. The Canadian wildfire smoke is still lingering, while rain throughout the day has brought a flood watch into the mix. Save any outdoor plans for tomorrow, if you can. A decade ago, Manhattan Sideways founder Betsy Bober Polivy walked more than 100 Manhattan streets from east to west. Now, W42ST is retracing her steps — starting with reporter Sophia Michelen’s journey along 38th Street.

A decade ago, Manhattan Sideways founder Betsy Bober Polivy walked more than 100 Manhattan streets from east to west. Now, W42ST is retracing her steps — starting with reporter Sophia Michelin’s journey along 38th Street. The current view of 38th Street, looking at the same buildings Betsey photographed when she walked the block more than a decade ago.

For decades, the corner of W45th Street and 10th Avenue has been known for pints, not pastries. A new cafe has opened at the corner of W45th Street and 10th Avenue where Scruffy Duffy’s Tap Room used to be.

Good morning and happy Friday. Temperatures are dropping back into the 80s today, but the main weather story remains the Canadian wildfire smoke blanketing the city. More than 100 fires are still burning in Ontario, and you can keep track of them on this map. Please think twice before exercising outdoors — someone compared it yesterday to doing “yoga in a hookah bar.” Look after your lungs.

Marvel Comics is leaving New York City for California, ending a nearly 90-year local history that began high above the streets of Hell’s Kitchen. Art Deco Tower at 330 W42nd Street was marketed for a while on its superhero heritage. Photo: Phil O’Brien Long before Spider-Man swung through Manhattan or Daredevil prowled the neighborhood’s rooftops, publisher Martin Goodman was working from Room 1010 of the blue-green McGraw-Hill Building at 330 W42nd Street.

Good afternoon, this is W42ST Lifestyle Editor Sarah Beling with “Make Way For The Weekend” — your curated guide to the best of New York events in one convenient newsletter! Snippets from my summer notebook: It was worth walking by that gigantic Trojan Horse outside of the AMC Lincoln Square in person. The American Museum of Natural History is very stroller-friendly. Kids are selling lemonade in the Open Streets.

Good morning and happy Thursday. It will be slightly cooler today — though still a sweltering 93 degrees — but the haze is increasing as smoke from Canadian wildfires hangs over the city. Photographer Gary Hershorn headed to the top of the Empire State Building last night to capture the murky view across Midtown. Air quality reached “unhealthy” levels in parts of the city yesterday and is expected to remain poor today.

The state has selected a development team to transform the Intrepid Museum’s surface parking lot into a major mixed-income housing complex, advancing plans to build more than 1,100 new homes on one of Hell’s Kitchen’s largest undeveloped sites. A developer has been selected by the state to construct two residential towers at 621 W45th Street.

After four decades of promises, actress and animal advocate Edie Falco said Wednesday that the fight to end New York City’s horse-drawn carriage industry had reached the point where no one could pretend not to know what they know. Actress and animal advocate Edie Falco testifying at today’s hearing on Romanch’s Law to ban horse carriages from operating in NYC.

Two eight-year-old friends attempting to set a world record for the most playgrounds visited in one day saved some of their most memorable stops for Hell’s Kitchen. Hannah Bruner and Wilder McGraw, two eight-year-old friends, set a world record for the most playgrounds visiting in one day. Photo supplied. Hannah Bruner and Wilder McGraw covered 41 playgrounds, more than 21 miles and a large sweep of Manhattan’s West Side during a nine-hour challenge that began at 8am and finished around 5pm.