(Lydia DePillis)

Mother Theresa vs the Empire State Building. [WSJ]

Will housing break this recession? Should it? [NYT]

Somebody wants to buy United Medical Center. [WBJ]

Real estate brokerage says buy, don’t rent. [Urbanturf]

Pretty fancy library you’ve got there, Silver Spring. [TBD]

Huzzah for the Union Station remodel! Booooo Union Station remodel! [GGW, GGW]

Beware the 11th and Monroe Street Park. [New Columbia Heights]

Today on the market: Mustard yellow on Rhode Island Avenue.