Grand Central Terminal Sold for $35M; Blockchain in Brooklyn; Inside Queens' Gorgeous Valencia Theater

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 ⇒ See 120 Years of NYC Art and Architecture Planning at the Public Design Commission's Archives
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ The 'Hip Hop Nutcracker' Brings New Life, and Kurtis Blow, to the Traditional Holiday Tale
• Brownstoner ⇒ Join Local Activists to Explore the Future of Preservation in East New York
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ City Food Carts Will Start Having Letter Grades This December
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ Educators, Plotters and a Poet - 156 Waverly Place
• EV Grieve ⇒ Prime Cut: Documentary Offers a Day in the Life of Michael Saviello, Longtime Manager of the Iconic Astor Place Hairstylists
• Forgotten NY ⇒ Northern Central Park
• Gothamist ⇒ New BFFs Cuomo & De Blasio Celebrate Sweetheart Amazon Deal
• MTA Press Releases ⇒ MTA | Press Release | MTA Headquarters | MTA to Purchase Grand Central Terminal, Harlem Line and Hudson Line for $35 Million
• New York Times ⇒ Mike Birbiglia Sounds Off on Cellphones in His Theater
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ New York’s Amazon Deal Has Little for Miserable Queens Commuters
• The Bridge ⇒ Is Brooklyn's Blockchain Industry Becoming a Real Business? - the Bridge
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Photos Inside the Valencia Theater in Jamaica, Queens
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Amazon State Building
• We Heart Astoria ⇒ Queens Night Market to Host Holiday Market in Sunnyside