Controversial Columbus Circle Statue Stays; NYC's Slender Brownstones; Lin Manuel Miranda Will Fight Your Rent Hike

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 Decides to Keep Controversial Statue of Christopher Columbus
• Bklyner ⇒ Stumptown Coffee Opening Only Brooklyn Location in Boerum Hill
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Double Parking: Brooklyn Bridge Park Could Get Twice as Big With Development of Red Hook Waterfront
• Curbed NY ⇒ A Year After Second Avenue Subway’s Opening, Yorkville Prices Are on the Rise
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Unexpected Relic at 33 West 63rd Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ The Loveliness of New York’s Skinny Brownstones
• Greenpointers ⇒ Activists Are Real? See for Yourself in the Buswick Starr's New Comedy, "Cute Activist" - Greenpointers
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ 5 Lower East Side Cocktail Bars for Grownups
• New York Times ⇒ As Homeless Take Refuge in Subway, More Officers Are Sent to Help
• Second Ave. Sagas ⇒ Subway Problems Get Headlines, but Who's Going to Solve NYC's Other Transit Crisis? - Second Ave. Sagas
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ Grand Concourse Redesign Won’t Be Done Until 2022 at the Earliest
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ Landlord Trouble? Call Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Thrillist ⇒ All of the Best Places to Eat in NYC During Winter Restaurant Week
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 15 Restaurants Housed Inside Landmarked NYC Buildings
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Broadway Restaurant