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.

• 6sqft ⇒ December 29, 1947 Was the Subway's Most Crowded Day Ever
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ A LES Hospital Turned Housing Project Serves the Underserved
• Bklyner ⇒ 2017 Was Brooklyn's Safest Year on Record
• Curbed NY ⇒ 10 Iconic NYC Institutions That Shuttered in 2017
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Hugh O'Neill & Co. Stables - 124-128 West 20th Street
• Downtown Express ⇒ Work Halted on World Trade Center Shrine
• Greenpointers ⇒ From the Archives: More Historical Photos of Greenpoint
• LIC Post ⇒ NYC Ferries Will Likely to Have to Run on More Efficient Fuels, Following Passage of Council Bill
• New York Times ⇒ The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth
• Thrillist ⇒ Everything You Have to Do in New York City This Weekend
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Is This the Most Discreet Starbucks in NYC?
• Vanishing New York ⇒ 2017 Vanishings
• West Side Rag ⇒ Throwback Thursday: The Blizzard of ’83

If you live in New York City, you've probably been to the American Museum of Natural History more than a few times, but have you ever seen what's going on behind the scenes? In this short 360° video from the New York Times, see the specimens and samples in the back that help make the museum a world-class educational and science research facility.

There’s more to the American Museum of Natural History than exhibitions of bones and gems. Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the frozen tissue lab and more in virtual reality.