Secrets of NYC
NYC’s Forgotten ‘War on Christmas Trees’
Discover how an obscure holiday crackdown affects festive street vendors today!
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New York
100 Improvements to the NYC Subway by Randy Gregory
School of Visual Arts student Randy Gregory has been posting improvement ideas for the NYC subway almost daily on his
Architecture
Canada’s Quirky Road Sign Project and Japan’s Whimsical Construction Barriers
Our fascination with road signs will never end. Last month, we showed you French artist Clet Abraham’s street sign
Architecture
Photography of Abandoned Resorts of the Catskills’ Borscht Belt at the LES Jewish Conservancy
From “The Ruins of the Borscht Belt” exhibit. Photo by Marisa Scheinfeld On August 11th, the Lower East Side Jewish
Architecture
Next New York: 40 Ideas That Could Transform New York from the Forum of Urban Design
When Michael Bloomberg was elected mayor of New York in 2001, no one predicted he would become a revolutionary, reshaping
Architecture
Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal Being Cleaned Up with Sponge Park
The park will contain pedestrian walkways along with absorptive plants. Source: dlandstudio. Brooklyn’s notoriously dirty Gowanus Canal is getting
Arts & Culture
The Art of Style by Kit Mills 028: A Bright Spot in Midtown
Like a less skeevy Beetlejuice Midtown, land of high-rise office buildings and terrible food, is not generally known for the
Architecture
#untappedcities Instagram “Pic” of the Week: Ceiling of J.P. Morgan’s Study in the Morgan Library
This week’s #untappedcities Instagram “Pic” of the Week goes to @newyorkcityhistory for this detailed shot (reminiscent of a giant
Architecture
Former Banks of NYC Repurposed into Drugstores, Ice Cream Parlors, Apartments and Pop-Up Stores
We’ve been on a kick lately tracking down re-purposed buildings in NYC, finding out the new uses for churches,
Architecture
Daily What?! What’s a Classical Facade and Neon Art Doing on a Waste Plant in NYC?
The last thing we expect to see on a Department of Sanitation building is classical architecture, much like yesterday’s
New York
The Harvest Dome Launch in NYC: From the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Inwood
The Dome being pulled by the Inwood Canoe Club. Yesterday, the Harvest Dome, a floating installation of 500 broken umbrellas
Food & Drink
With Parkway Gardens, LA’s “Guerrilla Gardeners” Bring Healthy Food to a Desert
Two years ago, beginner gardener Ron Finley planted some vegetables on the 10 by 150-foot strip of grass between the
Arts & Culture
Featured Urban Website: Manhattan Sideways is Documenting Every Numbered Side-Street
Our new favorite online urban eye candy, Manhattan Sideways, makes us reconsider the less documented parts of the grid system.