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 ⇒ ODA Architects Reveal Renderings for Crown Heights Hotel With Arched Patio and Floating Gardens
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ The Closing of Don Pedro Was the End of an Era (One of Many)
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Here's Your GIANT Guide to NYE Events & Specials in and Around Bushwick
• Curbed NY ⇒ Here Are Your New Year’s Eve Street Closures for Times Square
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1810 Richard Kidney House - 135 West Broadway
• EV Grieve ⇒ Crunch Time at the Kellogg's NYC Café on Union Square
• Greenpointers ⇒ Greenpoint Winter Survival Guide: How to Get Your Green on in the Dead of Winter - Greenpointers
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ Is There Ever a Time to Leave New York?
• Metro US ⇒ Here Are the Books New Yorkers Were Reading Most in 2017
• Narratively ⇒ Barnum & Bailey’s Forgotten High-Flying Suffragists
• The Court Square Blog ⇒ Please Help Save the Secret Theatre
• Thrillist ⇒ How to Survive New Year's Eve in New York City
• Thrillist ⇒ How to Survive New Year's Eve in New York City
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The NY Yankees Logo Predates the Yankees Themselves

The Long Island City skyline all started in 1990 with the completion of Queen's tallest building at One Court Square, but it won't be able to hold that title for long. Dozens of tall skyscrapers are under construction and/or planned in the Court Square area and along the East River waterfront, shown in this rendering from real estate website City Realty.

Video Producer Craig Nisperos recently captured the beauty of Midtown Manhattan's famous holiday displays for 2017, in both storefront windows and on the street.

Another holiday season, another flavor of NYC displays that still continue to amaze my creative spirit. It's quite an experience with the standard displays - UNICEF star, Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park - but there are also the holiday windows - Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Ave. The department stores may as well be those neighbors that one-up each other every year.