NYC Taxi Driver Snaps Portraits of Passengers; New York Comic Con's Red Carpet Event; Manhattan's Best Counter Restaurants

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.

• Business Insider ⇒ Meet the New York City Taxi Driver Who Takes Portraits of his Passengers
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Immanuel German Lutheran Rectory -- No. 223 East 83rd St
• Eater NY ⇒ Xi'an Famous Foods Is About to Get Even Bigger
• Gothamist ⇒ Photos: Explore the Beautiful Gardens at Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Greenpointers ⇒ Fall Under the Spell of Mombucha's Ice Pops at Magick City
• LTV Squad ⇒ Moore McCormack's Brooklyn Pier
• Sheepshead Bites ⇒ Why Can’t We Get Bike Lanes Right?
• StreetArtNews ⇒ “The Story of My Life” by Logan Hicks on the Houston Bowery Wall
• Thrillist ⇒ Why Do We Continue to Ignore Staten Island?
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Top 10 Secrets of NYC's Chelsea Hotel
• Urban Green Council ⇒ The New York City Energy and Water Use Report
• Variety ⇒ New York Comic Con to Kick Off With Red Carpet Event, New Venues
• Welcome2TheBronx ⇒ 3,000 Mile East Coast Greenway Bike Trail to Go Through the Bronx
• Yelp ⇒ Manhattan's Best Counter Restaurants