Good evening! Wishing you a happy Friday, August 9th, 2019 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.

For InstaFriday, Viewing NYC finds five great photos snapped this week in New York City on Instagram — one for each borough — and shares them with you. For more information on the photos or the photographer, please click through the link below each photo. Enjoy your weekend!

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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 ⇒ Jeanne Gang Completes 'solar-Carving' Tower on the High Line, Her Firm's First NYC Building
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ How Puerto Rico’s Uprising Politicized the Nuyorican Party Scene
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ Canoe the Gowanus Canal
• Brownstoner ⇒ Crown Heights Block on Lincoln Place Wins This Year’s Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Dine on a Budget at Grand Street Restaurant Week in East Williamsburg
• Curbed NY ⇒ Dominican Day Parade 2019: Route and Street Closures
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Brunjes, Ockershausen & Co. Bldg - 288-289 West Street
• Gothamist ⇒ Bronx Zoo Warns Visitors About Missing 'Shy Timid Secretive' Snake
• LIC Post ⇒ Celebrate the LIC Waterfront With Hunter Points Park Conservancy Next Month
• Laughing Squid ⇒ Brooklyn's Lake Street Dive Plays a Brilliantly Soulful Swing Cover of the Iconic a-Ha Song 'Take on Me'
• New York YIMBY ⇒ Gleaming Terracotta Facade Revealed at 1 Great Jones Alley Aka 688 Broadway, in NoHo
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Eddie Palmieri, Mountain Goats Coming to East River Park SummerStage This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ How a Penn Station Eagle Ended Up in a Long Island Railroad Parking Lot