Secrets Inside the C.O. Bigelow Apothecary; New Essex Street Market; Who Really Controls the NYC Subway?

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 ⇒ Urban Archive Invites New Yorkers to Submit Photos for Their New Crowdsourced History Project
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Hate Trump? There’s a Button for That
• Bklyner ⇒ DEVELOPING: 1,000 Inmates Jailed Without Heat
• Bowery Boogie ⇒ Get a Glimpse Inside the New Essex Street Market [Photos] | Bowery Boogie
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ Hear the Symphonic Alchemy of Tchaikovsky v. Drake at Kings Theatre Feb. 22
• Brooklyn Heights Blog ⇒ Brooklyn Only Foods Opens on Henry St. (With a Speakeasy Entrance to as of Now Gallery)
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Did You Know: NYC’s Oldest Dutch-Colonial House Is in Ridgewood
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1911 "7Th Avenue and 24th Street Building" - 245-251 Seventh Avenue
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ Magnificence and Magic at 1920s Columbus Circle
• Gothamist ⇒ Two New Slice Joints That Get It Right (And One That Misses)
• NY City Lens ⇒ A Pipeline May Be Coming, but Not Without Some Controversy - NY City Lens
• New York Times ⇒ The Secrets Inside the C.O. Bigelow Apothecary (Est. 1838)
• NewYorkCityFeelings ⇒ Looking to Open a Restaurant in New York City
• Roosevelt Islander ⇒ Gorgeous Aerial View of Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park - It's Very Cold but Come Visit Anyway and Have Hot Chocolate at Cornell Tech Cafe
• StreetEasy ⇒ 'Once and For All, Who Controls the NYC Subway System?'
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ NYPD Brass Hates E-Bikes … Until They’re Delivering Their Lunch!
• The Lo-Down ⇒ Happy Lunar New Year!
• The Villager ⇒ 28th St. Station Blooms Back Open With Mosaics - the Villager
• Thrillist ⇒ The Best Restaurants and Menu Picks for the Final Days of NYC Restaurant Week
• Vintage Manhattan Skyline ⇒ Vintage Manhattan Skyline