Forgotten Allen Street Bathroom; Remnants of Original Times Square Station; Rent the Runway Heads to DUMBO

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.

• Bklyner ⇒ New Barber in Crown Heights Wants to Be a 'Community Center'
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ Double-Date With Destiny for Elizabeth Street Garden and SoHo/NoHo Residents
• Curbed NY ⇒ Brooklyn’s Historic Gage & Tollner Restaurant to Get ‘Magical’ Restoration, Owners Say
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Striking 1868 268 Church Street
• Forgotten NY ⇒ Allen Street Bathroom
• Gothamist ⇒ NYC's Best New Restaurant Garden Is at Wayla on Forsyth Street
• Laughing Squid ⇒ Tenements, Towers & Trash, an Amusing Illustrated History of New York City by Cartoonist Julia Wertz
• NY City Lens ⇒ The Iconic MetroCard Will Soon Go the Way of the Token
• New York Post ⇒ Rent the Runway Is Moving to Renovated Dumbo Warehouse
• New York Times ⇒ Nordstrom to Add Two Mini Stores in Its New York Expansion
• QNS.com ⇒ Kane's Diner in Flushing Shuts Its Doors After More Than 50 Years in the Business
• The Villager ⇒ Beastie Boys Street Co-Naming Campaign Rocks on - the Villager
• Thrillist ⇒ The Best Brunch Spots in 25 NYC Neighborhoods
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ Seen & Heard: Best Landscaped Bike Path Downtown
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 4 Remnants of the Original Times Square Subway Station From 1904
• West Side Rag ⇒ Another UWS Starbucks Looks Like It’s on the Way Out