NYC One of Amazon HQ2 Finalist Cities; Secrets of Abandoned Ellis Island Hospital; New Italian American Museum Renderings

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 ⇒ From House of Worship to NYU Dorm: The Story of the East Village's 'Ghost Church'
• Curbed NY ⇒ First Look at Little Italy’s Revamped Italian American Museum
• EV Grieve ⇒ A Used Book Store Opened This Week on Bleecker and the Bowery
• Free Williamsburg ⇒ Vinnie's Pizzeria Has Solved the Tide Pod Problem – Free Williamsburg
• Greenpointers ⇒ Submission Call: Submit Your Chilling Film to the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2018
• New York Times ⇒ Amazon Chooses 20 Finalists for Second Headquarters
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ Partnership for NYC: Congestion Costs New York More Today Than It Did 10 Years Ago
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Great NY Noodletown Closed by NYC Department of Health | the Lo-Down : News From the Lower East Side
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ Construction Spending to Surpass 2016 Peak
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Have to Do in New York City This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Top 10 Secrets of the Abandoned Hospital Complex at NYC’s Ellis Island
• West Side Rag ⇒ 4 Snow Photos From Central Park