There Were Nearly 600 Manhole Fires Last Week; The Psychology behind NYC’s Wildest Wardrobes

• Last week, thanks to salt in melting snow, there were 570 manhole explosions, fires, and other incidents. [DNAinfo]
• Just in time for Valentine’s Day, take a culinary tour of 15 Harlem bakeries. [Untapped]
• The past and present of Park Slope’s Plaza Hotel. [Brownstoner]
• Check out this handmade rope screen at a new Chelsea restaurant. [Contemporist]
• You can get New York-style pizza… on a sailboat… in the Caribbean. [Dornob]
• A new research project examines the relationship between dress, emotion, and identity through a series of surveys and a photo study of eight style “outliers” in New York City. [Fast Co. Design]

Images: NYC manhole cover via Sidewalk City (L); Dress and Emotion (R)