Free Holiday Rides and Ice Skating on Coney Island; 2017 Historic Preservation Battles Recap; High Line Hates Artists

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 ⇒ Celebrate New Year's Eve With Free Rides and Ice Skating on Coney Island
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Off of Tompkins Square Park, a Site of Women’s Tragedy and Agency
• Bklyner ⇒ 10 Best Places for Holiday Shopping in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bed-Stuy
• Brownstoner ⇒ Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club Says It's Staying Put Despite Development
• Chelsea Now ⇒ High Line Hates Artists, but Court Rules for Us
• Curbed NY ⇒ NYC's 10 Biggest Preservation Battles of 2017
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ McKim, Mead & White's 1893 Cable Building - Broadway and Houston Street
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ An Ode to Veselka, Iconic East Village Eatery
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ Here’s How the NYC Multifamily Market Fared in October
• Thrillist ⇒ How Dingy Chinese Restaurants Became Home to New York's Most Exclusive Parties
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Immigrant Journey Documented by 40 Photographers in Midtown Exhibit
• West Side Rag ⇒ Photo of the Day: The Sad Empty Shell of West Side Market