Vintage Bike Lane Blocking in 1899; Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Closes Down; Exploring NYPL's Tiny Doors

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.

• Atlas Obscura ⇒ Trucks Have Been Blocking Bike Lanes in New York City Since 1899
• Consumerist ⇒ Former Carnegie Deli Dishwasher Wants to Buy It and Keep It Open
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The 1857 Fairbanks & Co. Bldg - No. 311 Broadway
• DNAinfo New York ⇒ Park Slope School Ditches Homework for Play-Based Alternatives
• Gothamist ⇒ Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Closes All NYC Locations
• The New Yorker ⇒ An Immigrant Named Trump
• QC Voices ⇒ Hidden NYC - Swindler Cove
• StreetsBlog NYC ⇒ Parks Dept. Implements Hudson River Greenway Detour, Then Explains It
• Thrillist ⇒ Inside Dream House NYC, a Sound & Light Art Space in Tribeca
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Cities 101: Exploring the Tiny Doors on the New York Public Library Facade at Bryant Park