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 ⇒ When New York Women Were Banned From Smoking in Public
• Bklyner ⇒ Bedford-Union Armory Files Permits for Redevelopment Project
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ Pickle Guys Will Start Grinding Super Hot Passover Horseradish This Weekend
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ PHOTOESSAY: Bootleg Bar in Bushwick Celebrated 4 Years of Cheap, Liver-Killing Combos
• Colossal ⇒ Banksy Emerges in New York and Calls Attention to Imprisoned Turkish Artist Zehra Doğan
• Curbed NY ⇒ NYC Yellow Taxis Mull Pilot Program That Will Allow for Surge Pricing
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ G & W Youngs' 1869 No. 47 Walker Street
• EV Grieve ⇒ I Am a Rent-Stabilized Tenant
• Greenpointers ⇒ Hot News for the Summer: McCarren Park Getting Grills and Food Trucks! - Greenpointers
• New York Times ⇒ Chirlane McCray, New York’s First Lady, Steps Out of the Mayor’s Shadow
• NextCity ⇒ NYC Kids Leave Their Mark on the City’s New Ferry Fleet
• Roosevelt Island Historical Society ⇒ The Roosevelt Island Historical Society Invites You to the First 2018 Spring Lecture:
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Need to Know About NYC's March for Our Lives
• Untapped Cities ⇒ 10 Alternative NYC Activities to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2018

Following up on his smaller rat/clock piece yesterday, world-famous, unidentified street artist Banksy is the latest artist to make his mark on the Bowery Art Wall. Painting a mural that depicts the controversial jailing of Turkish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan, the mural is a departure from the artist's normal style of work.

Banksy’s black and white mural resembles the jail that incarcerates Turkish artist, journalist and activist, Zehra Doğan, with her trapped behind bars. Doğan painted a watercolor of the town of Nasyabin, which was reduced to rubble following an attack by the Turkish Government’s armed forces. She shared her picture on social media, for which she was then arrested and sentenced to nearly three years in prison.

The tallies on the mural indicate the number of days she has been incarcerated, and one of the 5-count marks has a portrait of Doğan behind bars. In the evening, the mural comes alive with a projection of the watercolor painting placed on the side of the building above the art wall.

Yesterday, March 15th, was National Egg Cream Day in the U.S., and to celebrate properly, artisan candy maker Gregory Cohen came here to New York City to talk about the local origins of the Egg Cream fountain soda.

Greg travels to NYC to show the history of the NY Egg Cream where it was invented. He also covers how to make a good chocolate syrup, and how to use that syrup to make a great egg cream.