9-Acre Floating High Line Extension Proposed; Corralling Times Square Costumed Characters; Fuku at Citi Field

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

• 6sqft ⇒ Across From Hudson Yards, Architect Proposes 9-Acre Floating Island as an Encore to the High Line
• Atlas Obscura ⇒ The Little Church Around the Corner, New York, New York
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Honest Chops Is Opening a Halal Burger Joint in the Middle of Drunksville
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ That Time a Sniper Murdered a Shopkeeper on Orchard Street [HISTORY]
• Chelsea Now ⇒ City Council Contemplates Corralling Times Square Characters
• Columbia Daily Spectator ⇒ Explore New York: The Freedom Tunnel
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ Samuel Warner's 1867 No. 112 Franklin Street
• DNAinfo New York ⇒ New Food Options Unveiled at Citi Field, Including Fuku
• Forgotten New York ⇒ the Last Humpback, Eastchester
• Tectonic ⇒ Construction Photos: NYU New Science Building, NYC