Upscale Starbucks Opens in Battery Park City; Salvation Burger to Reopen Soon; A Better Penn Station Proposal

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 Urban Lens: Photographer Bob Estremera captures vestiges of the Lower East Side’s early days
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Frank Leslie Bldg -- Nos. 42-44 Bond Street
• DNAinfo New York ⇒ Upscale Starbucks 'Reserve' Opens in Battery Park City
• Gothamist ⇒ April Bloomfield's Salvation Burger To Reopen Following Devastating Kitchen Fire
• Guest of a Guest ⇒ Artichoke Pizza Is Coming To Bay Ridge
• LTV Squad ⇒ FR8 Chronicles 47 – That Queens Shit part 1
• New York Times ⇒ Penn Station Reborn
• SoHo Memory Project ⇒ Go With the Flow: The Water Towers of SoHo
• Staten Island Advance ⇒ Spooky Donald Trump brings Halloween to new level in New Dorp