Origins of NYC's Alligator Sewer Legend; Lyft Paying Drivers Minimum Wage in NYC; New Chinatown BKFoxx Mural

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 ⇒ The Story Behind Harlem's Trailblazing Harriet Tubman Sculpture
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Dan Smith Will Teach You How to Be Chill About Being in Broad City
• Bklyner ⇒ Columbia Waterfront Neighbors Call on Developer to Scale Back 41 Summit Street
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ Brooklyn Film Camera Keeps Analog Photography Alive and Plans to Open a Film Lab This Spring
• Bushwick Daily ⇒ How to Actually Pronounce These Bushwick Subway Station Names
• Curbed NY ⇒ Making a Home in a Former Candy Factory in Brooklyn
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ Thomas Rae's 1897 Carriage Houses at 161 and 163 East 73rd Street
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ The Writing on the Wall of an East Side Tenement
• Forgotten NY ⇒ Roosevelt Park, Upper West Side
• Gothamist ⇒ The Alligator in the Sewer: Evidence Behind NYC's Urban Legend
• Grub Street ⇒ New York’s First Yerba Mate Bar Will Open in Brooklyn
• NY City Lens ⇒ Cupid Strikes the West Side Highway - NY City Lens
• New York YIMBY ⇒ Foundation Work Making Steady Progress for Brooklyn's First Supertall at 9 Dekalb Avenue, in Downtown Brooklyn
• NextCity ⇒ Lyft Will Pay Minimum Wage for Drivers in NYC
• StreetArtNews ⇒ "Year of the Pig" by BK Foxx in Chinatown, New York City
• StreetEasy ⇒ Here's How Much Commuting Time You'd Save If the Subway Were Fixed
• Thrillist ⇒ Why Parking in NYC Is So Annoying & How to Master It
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Top 6 Oldest Buildings in Manhattan, NYC
• Vanishing New York ⇒ Left Bank Books
• Vintage Manhattan Skyline ⇒ Vintage Manhattan Skyline
• West Side Rag ⇒ Time to Book the Best Summer Camps for Your Kids