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.

• Bowery Boogie ⇒ MTA Adds Permanent ‘Respect’ Tribute to Aretha Franklin in Subway Stations
• Brownstoner ⇒ The Atlantic Antic Returns for a 44th Year of Festivities
• Curbed NY ⇒ See the Transformation of a NYC Landmark Into the Moynihan Train Hall
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ Liquor, Pistachios and a Penthouse - Julius Kastner's 1892 10 Hubert Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ For Fans of Stanford White’s Gilded Age New York
• Forgotten NY ⇒ THE FALCONER, Central Park
• Gothamist ⇒ Special Edition Paul McCartney MetroCards Are Available at Grand Central
• New York Times ⇒ Holy Cottontail! The Playboy Club Is Back Again
• Ridgewood Social ⇒ Free Kids Stuff & Clothes Swap Comes to Ridgewood This Saturday!
• The Infatuation ⇒ Peter Luger Steak House - Williamsburg - New York - the Infatuation
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Investigate Houdini’s Death in a New Immersive Theatre Experience by Speakeasy Dollhouse
• Vogue ⇒ This Instagram of Vintage New York Storefronts Is a Nostalgic Fever Dream

Sophia is a heartbreaking story of a homeless busker on the New York City subway who has her violin stolen from her, throwing her into frantic despair. Written and directed by filmmaker Jared Rosenthal, the short film was recently picked as a Vimeo Staff Pick. Check it out!

A homeless subway violinist has her world turned upside down when her most prized possession is stolen.