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 ⇒ New York City Was Home to America's First-Ever Electrically Lit Christmas Tree
• Curbed NY ⇒ Preservationists Push for Landmark Status for 200-Year-Old Lower East Side Houses
• Forgotten NY ⇒ 18 and I Like It
• Free Williamsburg ⇒ New Designs for the Domino Sugar Factory Were Approved Last Week – Free Williamsburg
• NextCity ⇒ New Guide Shows How to Find Where Your City Sits on the Gentrification Scale
• The Infatuation ⇒ New York City’s Best New Restaurants of 2017 - New York - the Infatuation
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Photos: Inside the Exclusive New York Yacht Club in NYC - Untapped Cities

Cash Cab was a popular show in which a disguised New York City Taxi Cab turned unaware passengers into game show contestants on a trivia show where they could win big cash prizes. The show stopped a few years back, but is back again, with the inaugural guests being actors Michael Urie and Drew Droege.

Time Out surprised Michael Urie and Drew Droege with a ride to work...in the Cash Cab. Cash Cab returns to Discovery Channel this December, Monday's at 10 PM EST.

Video from No Pants Subway Ride 2017

Organized by Improv Everywhere, the 17th Annual No Pants Subway Ride in NYC will be held on Sunday, January 7th, 2017. The comedic "improv" event is widely known and less shocking than in previous years, but still a bunch of fun and still brings a ton of smiles to people of all ages.

The No Pants Subway Ride is an annual event staged by Improv Everywhere every January in New York City. The date changes from year to year and is announced in early December. The mission started as a small prank with seven guys and has grown into an international celebration of silliness, with dozens of cities around the world participating each year. The idea behind No Pants is simple: Random passengers board a subway car at separate stops in the middle of winter without pants. The participants behave as if they do not know each other, and they all wear winter coats, hats, scarves, and gloves. The only unusual thing is their lack of pants.

Check out all of the event details and instructions here. If you are not in NYC, check out the global to find out if it is happening in your city.