History of Bronx's Bridge Park; Shirley Chisholm Monument Design Chosen; Supertall Set to Rise in Downtown Brooklyn

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 ⇒ With Loan Secured, Brooklyn's Tallest Skyscraper Is Finally Ready to Rise
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ New Prospect: City Unveils Winning Design for Massive Shirley Chisholm Memorial in Prospect Park
• Crain's New York Business ⇒ Head of Governors Island to Step Down
• Curbed NY ⇒ The Last Days of Times Square’s Peep Shows
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Byam K. Stevens House - 11 East 78th Street
• Free Williamsburg ⇒ GovBallNYC Announces After Dark Shows
• Gothamist ⇒ The Flower Guy Looks Back on 25 Years of New York Graffiti
• Greenpointers ⇒ New Axe Throwing Bars Coming to Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn
• Harlem + Bespoke ⇒ Shop: Bank Replaces Former Lenox Lounge
• Naked Capitalism ⇒ NYC vs Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Notes From Activists on the Ground | Naked Capitalism
• QNS.com ⇒ With Amazon Gone, Queens Building's Owners May Boot Local Library Branch
• The Infatuation ⇒ Virginia’s - East Village - New York - the Infatuation
• Thrillist ⇒ NYC’s Most Noteworthy Restaurant Openings of 2019 (So Far)
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 10 Fun Facts About NYC’s Central Park
• Washington Square Park Blog ⇒ On Twitter: NYU Quit Appropriating Washington Square Park
• Welcome2TheBronx ⇒ History of the Bronx's Bridge Park & Roberto Clemente State Park