City Orders Removal of Central Park Statue; MTV VMAs Coming Back to NYC; $700M Stadium Coming to Harlem?

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 ⇒ City Orders Central Park Statue of ‘Hero’ M.D. Who Performed Experiments on Slaves Be Removed
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Bike Messengers Name Tompkins Bench After Biker-Photographer ‘Fast Eddie’ Williams
• CityLab ⇒ Why New York City Stopped Building Subways
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1904 Hotel Walton - 104 West 70th Street
• Io9 ⇒ Grand Central Station Is Radioactive
• Lyft Blog ⇒ Feeling Grateful Since Day 1: $500 Million in Driver Tips
• New York Times ⇒ Video Music Awards Return to New York, Following Grammys’ Lead
• New York YIMBY ⇒ Exclusive Reveal for $700 Million Harlem River Yards Mega-Project, Including New York's First Soccer Stadium Designed by Rafael Viñoly
• Oh No DoBro ⇒ A Macy's Parking Garage No More, Ready for 11 Hoyt
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Brooklyn-Based Bowling Alley, the Gutter, Headed for Essex Crossing | the Lo-Down : News From the Lower East Side
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Step Inside AMAZE, a Labyrinthine Art Experience in Soho