See 5 Years of Essex Street Snowman; Bushwick Rats Frolic in the Snow; New Yorkers Say New York Things

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.

• Bowery Boogie ⇒ An Appreciation: 5 Years of the Essex Street Snowman on the LES [PHOTOS]
• Brooklyn Paper ⇒ Tragically hip: Play looks at the ‘Last Hipster in Brooklyn’
• Brooklyn Magazine ⇒ Mystery Revealed: Why Our Slushy Swamp Pits Exist
• Brownstoner ⇒ Young East New York Architect Fights to Preserve Neighborhood’s Historic Gems
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Watch These Bushwick Rats Frolic in the Fresh Snow
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The J. Harper Poor Mansion -- No. 33 East 69th Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ Why Midtown Has a Tiny Sixth-and-a-Half Avenue
• Greenpointers ⇒ “What If Brooklyn Was A Cartoon Character?” Conversations With Daniella Urdinlaiz
• Gothamist ⇒ Nakamura Now Serving Up Some of the Best Ramen on the LES
• Long Island City Post ⇒ Coffeed to Open New LIC Facility With Rooftop Farm, as Its New York Expansion Continues
• Tectonic ⇒ Database Photos: Turner Towers, Brooklyn
• Thrillist ⇒ The Most New York Things New Yorkers Say
• The Transport Politic ⇒ When American Transit Agencies Ignore the World
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Step Inside Nikola Tesla’s Hotel Room at The New Yorker in 3D
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Little House on 18th Street
• Vogue ⇒ The Sock Man Is Closed! Chloë Sevigny on the End of an Era
• West Side Rag ⇒ Why Jerry Stiller Lives on the Upper West Side