The Bronx Riviera May Rise Again; Have a Rooftop Drink Inside a Giant Bubble

• Drink inside a massive bubble at the Hyatt Times Square, the highest rooftop hotel bar in NYC. [Travel + Leisure]
• Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will commit $10 million to a $40 million restoration of the landmarked, Art Deco Orchard Beach Pavilion, once known as the Bronx Riviera. [Welcome2TheBronx and TRD]
• A Red Hook artist is training thousands of pigeons to fly over the East River while toting tiny lights on their legs for a series of shows at the Navy Yard. [BK Paper]
• Who invented the sidewalk? [Mental Floss]
• Ahead of the Second Avenue Subway opening, the MTA is officially restoring W train service to Astoria. [Second Avenue Sagas]

Images: Orchard Beach Pavilion via Friends of Pelham Bay Park (L); Rooftop bubble via Hyatt Times Square (R)