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 ⇒ Central Park Tower Rises Above 432 Park, Officially Becomes Tallest Residential Building in the World
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Photos of ’90S Williamsburg Show ‘A Whole Different World’
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ Could the Empty Newsstand at 2nd Avenue F Station Become Vending Machine?
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ Get Your Cat Video Fix at Nitehawk Prospect Park
• Curbed NY ⇒ See the Top Five Designs for Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn Monument
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Gramercy - 34 Gramercy Park
• EV Grieve ⇒ What Might Have Been at 51 Astor Place in the Early 1960s — and Beyond
• Forgotten NY ⇒ High Line, 1999
• Gothamist ⇒ 2019 Fleet Week New York Set for May 22-28
• LICtalk ⇒ Construction Has Begun on Parcel C in Hunters Point South - LICtalk
• New York Times ⇒ The Shed Opens With a Purpose. And a Party.
• QNS.com ⇒ Study Finds That Queens Is Among the Top 20 Counties in America With High Life Expectancies
• StreetEasy ⇒ How Old NYC Subway Cars Became Reefs for Marine Life
• The Villager ⇒ Community Sues to Stop Two Bridges Towers - the Villager
• Thrillist ⇒ To Truly Experience New York City, You Must Ride the Subway
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ New Arts Center Coming to Governor’s Island
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 8 Remnants of Colonial NYC That You Can Touch
• West Side Rag ⇒ Cathedral of St. John the Divine Wants to Add Copper Roof

This video from Street Talent shows artists Jake Chapman and Jasper Dutz beautifully playing the well-known Part of Your World song from Disney's The Little Mermaid in Washington Square Park under the arch.

Chappy Milkshake (Jake Chapman) an inspiring musician who loves to play Vibraphone puts all his heart & soul while performing. He's simply flattering the audience on the street with his fantastic partner Jasper Dutz who is playing the soprano saxophone. The beautiful combination of Vibraphone & Soprano Saxophone makes each and everyone tap their feet on the streets of NEW YORK. Watch the entire performance as we have a little beautiful surprise waiting for you in the end.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has an entire section dedicated to blooming Japanese Cherry trees called the Cherry Walk, and they have just started to bloom for the Spring. It is the most highly anticipated event of the year at the Gardens, so the BBG has even setup a special webpage where you can track the blooming progress on their CherryWatch Blossom Status Map.

As of today, there are no trees which have started to bloom, but it is just around the corner! You still have a little bit of time to plan a visit and take a peek once they do. If you miss it for whatever reason, you can always watch this amazing time-lapse video created with snapshots from blooms in the past.

This time-lapse video was created from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every three minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, of BBG's Cherry Walk.