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 ⇒ The Urban Lens: The Surprising Beauty of Sunset Park's Sims Municipal Recycling Facility
• BronxMama ⇒ How to Create a Holiday Themed Brunch & Hot Cocoa Bar
• Curbed NY ⇒ Webster Hall Renovation Moves Forward With DOB Plans Filed
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ H. J. Hardenbergh's 280-284 Columbus Avenue
• Dumbo ⇒ Ring in the New Year in DUMBO!
• EV Grieve ⇒ Permits Filed to Renovate Webster Hall
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ F.A.O. Schwarz Has Finally Found a New Home
• Stuff Nobody Cares About ⇒ Yankee Stadium as You've Never Seen It - 1928
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ WeWork's Adam Neumann Buys $35M Spread on Irving Place
• Thrillist ⇒ The Best Under-the-Radar Holiday Things to Do in NYC
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Batman Co-Creator Bill Finger Gets Bronx, NYC Street Named After Him

This great vintage photograph from around 1901 shows Herald Square and its namesake New York Herald newspaper headquarters, along with the old 6th Avenue Elevated Train, several streetcars headed up and down Broadway, and dozens of well-dressed pedestrians. Here is a Google StreetView view of how this same area looks like today from approximately the same angle:

Check out the specimen page on the Library of Congress Digital Archives for more info on the photograph.

Since Di Fara Pizza opened in Midwood, Brooklyn, in 1965, owner Domenico "Dom" DeMarco has literally made nearly every single pizza that has come out of the oven. Constantly rated as one of, if not the best pizzeria in all of New York City, DeMarco has certainly made a name for himself and his pies. In this excellent profile video from The New Yorker, hear all about DeMarco's approach to pizza, direct from the chef himself.

Domenico DeMarco has been making pizzas at Brooklyn’s famous Di Fara Pizza since 1965.