New Statue in Astor Square; What $100,000 Rent Gets You on UWS; Hooter's to Open "Breastraunt" in 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 ⇒ Starting Monday, Three Brooklyn R Train Stations Will Shut Down for Six Months
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ What’s Up With the Giant Spikes Outside of Cooper Union?
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Archeologists to Examine Pre-K Site for Bones of Maryland 400
• Curbed NY ⇒ Where NYC’s Billionaires, Like Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg, Live
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The M. Rosendorff & Son Building - Nos. 277-279 Grand Street
• Greenpointers ⇒ The Greenpoint Woman Who Ran for President? - Greenpointers
• Harlem World Magazine ⇒ Hooters Looking to Open a “Breastaurant” in Harlem
• Knowol ⇒ New York City's Forgotten Primitive Hyperloop
• Metro ⇒ Here's Who's Headlining Northside Fest This Year
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Need to Do in NYC This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Announcing Untapped Cities’ Walking Tour of New York Art Deco Architecture
• Welcome2TheBronx ⇒ Your Guide to Melrose: The Bronx in Technicolor Glory | Village Voice
• West Side Rag ⇒ What You Get at This $100,000-a-Month Upper West Side Rental