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 ⇒ The 10 Most Romantic Spots in NYC
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ LinkNYC Highlights Lower East Side With New Graphic
• Brokelyn ⇒ The CBD Free-for-All Is Over for NYC Cafes and Bars - Brokelyn
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ A Guide to the "Little Snacks," or Xiao Chi, of Brooklyn's Chinatown
• Brownstoner ⇒ New Exhibition Dedicated to the Work of Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo Opens at the Brooklyn Museum
• Curbed NY ⇒ Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Plan Picks Up Speed
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Lewis S. Morris House - 116 East 80th Street
• EV Grieve ⇒ Fake AdAge
• Greenpointers ⇒ Walt Whitman’s Writing About North Brooklyn
• New York Times ⇒ The Key to ‘Russian Doll’ Might Be Tompkins Square Park
• StreetEasy ⇒ How Manhattan Got Its Name: The Story of NYC's 5 Borough Names
• Sunnyside Post ⇒ Ave Coffee, Which Closed in December, to Reopen Under New Name
• The Villager ⇒ Year of the Pig Might Go Hog Wild With Success
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ Two Piers Underway in Hudson River Park

The city will soon be abuzz with the latest designer looks, since Fashion Week kicks off on Thursday. One designer in Brooklyn got off to a head start. CBS2's Alex Denis reports.

If you've ever spent some time marveling at the Main Concourse inside Grand Central Terminal, you may have noticed a small rectangular dark patch high on the ceiling. At first glance, it looks like it could be a vent, or panel of some sort, but it is really just an uncleaned patch of dirt that tells a bit of history about the building. Watch this short video from Gothamist to learn why.

On the constellation-filled ceiling of Grand Central's main concourse, there's a small dark patch at the edge where the mural and marble meet, in the northwest corner. That dark patch is an homage of sorts to this dirty ol' town—it was darkened through decades of exposure to a few pollutants, but mainly cigarette smoke. When the ceiling was finally cleaned in the mid-1990s, a decision was made to leave this small 9" x 18" rectangle untouched. The result is the city's most satisfying before & after.