The City’s Best Irish Coffees; A Sideways Pool Is Coming to Rockefeller Center

• A new art installation called “Van Gogh’s Ear” is coming to Rockefeller Center this spring. It’s shaped like a sideways swimming pool. [Gothamist]
• Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day with the city’s 10 best Irish coffees. [TONY]
• New York’s Dig Inn may be the first fast-casual chain to grow its own produce at an upstate farm. [Fast Co. Exist]
• Ikea is introducing a new indoor gardening line that lets you grow plants in water, without the use of soil. [Contemporist]
• Yorkville residents got a pleasant surprise when 22 colorful birdhouses appeared on their block. [NYP]
• The FDNY held a Women’s History Month recruitment event for females interested in joining the department. [NYDN]

Images: Irish coffee (L); Van Gogh’s Ear via Public Art Fund (R)