City Planning approves Seward Park redevelopment plan, Pat Kiernan gets official Brooklyn welcome … and more

City Planning Commission votes unanimously to approve SPURA plan. MTA officials say yesterday's underground blast at Second Avenue Subway site was stronger than expected. Cornell-Technion to accept applications for beta computer science class. Following Pat Kiernan's move to Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz declares Aug. 21 to be "Pat Kiernan Welcome to Brooklyn Celebration Day". Finally, an architecture student will bring floating garden to LIC. Read these stories and more after the jump.