NYC Streets That Shouldn't Have Their Names; Amazon HQ2 is Out; New Chinatown Street Art

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 ⇒ All the Free Museum Days in New York City
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ After 50 Years, a Hidden Refuge for American Indians Faces a Funding Crisis
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ NYC Half Marathon Foists Thousands of Runners Onto the Lower East Side Next Month
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Closing the Book Lender: Coney Island Library to Shutter for Four Months Starting in April
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Grand Street Restaurant Week Is the Perfect Excuse to Eat Somewhere New
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1833 Saul Alley Mansion - 6 Washington Square North
• EV Grieve ⇒ SMØR Now Serving Nordic Fare on 12th Street
• Forgotten NY ⇒ Music Streets of Staten Island
• Gothamist ⇒ NYC Council Considers Banning Single-Use Plasticware
• Greenpointers ⇒ A Fruit Salad More Than a Decade in the Making
• Joe's NYC ⇒ Downtown
• NY City Lens ⇒ Undocumented Immigrants in NYC May Soon Be Able to Get a Driver’s License - NY City Lens
• New York Times ⇒ Amazon’s Retreat on New York City Headquarters Followed Unexpected Backlash
• NewYorkCityFeelings ⇒ New York Graffiti at Twin Marquis in Canal St
• QNS.com ⇒ Long Island City Real Estate Market Could Be Hit With 'Whiplash' Downturn Over Broken Amazon Deal
• StreetEasy ⇒ 6 NYC Streets That Shouldn't Have Their Names
• Sunnyside Post ⇒ Amazon Cancels Plans to Build Long Island City Campus
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ Goodbye, NY: Amazon Says It Won't Come to Queens Due to Political Opposition
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Absolutely Must Do in NYC This Weekend
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ Jail Will “Demap” a Piece of White Street for 500-Foot Tower
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Inside NYC’s New KGB Museum: 10 Must-See Spy Artifacts
• We Heart Astoria ⇒ It's Official: Amazon Pulls Out of LIC for Good