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 ⇒ NYC Pet Laws: A Legal Loophole May Let Fido Stay Despite Your Landlord’s ‘No Pets’ Rule
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ I Tried Rockaway’s New Dockless Bikes and It Was Wheelie Bad
• Bklyner ⇒ Ugly Baby Ranks #3 on Bon Appétit's List of America's Best New Restaurants
• Brokelyn ⇒ Hang Out in These 5 Witchy Brooklyn Hot Spots - Brokelyn
• Brooklyn Heights Blog ⇒ Brooklyn Bridge Park Seeks Input on Squibb Pool
• Brooklyn Magazine ⇒ A Behind the Scenes Look at Behind the Scenes NYC - Brooklyn Magazine
• Curbed NY ⇒ Now’s Your Chance to Weigh in on the Dismal State of the NYC Subway
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The William H. Osgood Stable - 118 West 18th Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ Why a West Side Park Is Named for an Italian Poet
• Gothamist ⇒ Videos: Adorable Shark Joins Swimmers at Riis Park Beach
• New York Times ⇒ Harlem’s Trash Bins Were Overflowing. So the City Took 223 Away.
• Stuff Nobody Cares About ⇒ Old New York in Photos #92 - Mulberry Street C. 1905
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Fish Balls & Rice Noodles for Everyone! | the Lo-Down : News From the Lower East Side
• This Way on Bay ⇒ How the Billion Oyster Project Will Help Staten Island's Shoreline - This Way on Bay
• Thrillist ⇒ The 12 Best Tacos in NYC Right Now
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ An Italian Food Hall Is Opening at Broadway and Canal

The New York City Department of City Planning recently released this interesting interactive tool simply called The City Map which is the department's official digital representation of the New York City streets. The interactive nature of the site lets you track changes in the street map over the past 90 years, allowing you to visualize the changes made to them due to various reasons over the years.

Each borough is divided into a separate set of Section Maps that covers every block. Over time, changes have been made to the City Map. Some streets on the Section Maps have been closed or changed, or new streets have been mapped. As these changes are approved, Alteration Maps are prepared to illustrate them. Together, adopted Section Maps and Alteration Maps constitute the City Map and document the current status of the streets in the City.

Check out the full map to play around with the data.

On his BookwormHistory channel, YouTuber and historian Dan Thurber recently revealed the local history of the John Champe, a Revolutionary War soldier who attempted to kidnap Benedict Arnold in New York. Check it out!

This week on “City Full of History”, we visit three states to track down the saga of John Champe, the American soldier who defected TWICE and infiltrated British held New York City in an attempt to kidnap the treacherous Benedict Arnold!