MetroCard Runs on Ancient IBM Operating System; Peek Inside Former Hell's Angels' EV Clubhouse; The Strand Fights Landmark Status

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 ⇒ New Schomburg Center Exhibit Explores 20th-Century Black Placemaking in Harlem
• Adafruit Industries ⇒ The NYC Subway System Runs on OS/2, IBM’s Old PC Operating System
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ New Book Is Letting the Bodega Cat Out of the Bag
• Curbed NY ⇒ Checking in on Times Square Theater’s Revival Project
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Lost Eglise Du St. Esprit - 45-47 East 27th Street
• EV Grieve ⇒ Photo Exclusive: Take a Look Inside the Former Hells Angels Clubhouse on 3rd Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ The Brooklyn Beauties at the Seashore in 1900
• Gothamist ⇒ Can the MTA Turn Around Notoriously Bad Bronx Bus Service? Andy Byford Has a Plan
• Jackson Heights Post ⇒ Popular Queens Homegoods Store Lockwood to Open Greenpoint Location
• New York Times ⇒ 6 Ways New Rent Laws Will Affect New Yorkers
• QNS.com ⇒ Seven Soaring Shots of Queens' Past: Our Neighborhood, the Way It Was
• Stuff Nobody Cares About ⇒ The General Slocum Disaster - 115 Years Ago Today
• Thrillist ⇒ Actually Cool Things to Do When Someone Visits NYC This Summer
• Untapped Cities ⇒ NYC’s Strand Bookstore Fights New Landmark Status
• Uptown Collective ⇒ Can’t Stop, Won’t It: The 2019 Riverside Jam