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 ⇒ LPC Calendars Six Sites Linked to New York City's LGBT History for Possible Landmark Status
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ On Broome Street, RPM Becomes the ‘Emma Peel Room’
• Brownstoner ⇒ Think Your Block Is the Greenest in Brooklyn? Enter the Botanic Garden’s Competition to Find Out
• Curbed NY ⇒ Rockaway Beach Will Fully Re-Open This Summer
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1913 Shubert Theatre - 233 West 44th Street
• Free Williamsburg ⇒ Chris Kazimi Brings 'Easy Listening Comedy' to Bushwick
• Gothamist ⇒ Photos: 75 Emerging Artists Take Over the Whitney for 2019 Biennial
• Greenpointers ⇒ The Settlement House’s Long History and Continuing Role in North Brooklyn
• Madison Square Park Conservancy ⇒ Mad. Sq. Eats Update - Madison Square Park Conservancy
• New York Times ⇒ In Del Posto’s New Era, Cuisine and Service Are at Odds
• QNS.com ⇒ Astoria Resident and ‘Chopped’ Champion Brings the Tastes of the Greek Islands to New Restaurant
• The Villager ⇒ A Taste of World’s Fare to Whet the Appetite - the Villager
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ Looking Back on 25 Years of Taste, and Looking Forward to This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Photos Inside the Historic Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn
• West Side Rag ⇒ James Baldwin’s Former UWS Home May Become a Landmark

In a side-by-side comparison video titled New York Penn Station: Past and Present, Columbia University student Myles Zhang highlights the start contrast between the architectural jewel that was the Old Penn Station and the dark, depressing iteration of Penn Station we have today which is considered one of the worst stations in the nation.

The old Penn Station, completed 1910, had 21 tracks on 11 platforms. The new Penn Station has 21 tracks on 11 platforms. In the demolition process, not one track or platform moved. This similarity enables us to situate parts of the old structure in relation to the new. The photos below compare this structure past and present.

Check out the project page to learn more about the station or the video.

Captured by iconic New York City street photographer Arthur Felig (better known as Weegee), this fun vintage photograph shows a bunch of kids playing in the spray of an opened fire hydrant during a hot summer around 1937.