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Guide to the NYBG Holiday Train Show, An Annual Love Letter to NYC
Discover which NYC buildings—both lost and extant—have been recreated out of plants!
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Arts & Culture
Fun Maps: Follow Santa’s Path Around the World with Google’s Santa Tracker
Google, responsible for such quirky things as the interactive doodles, has a “Santa Tracker” this month. On Christmas Eve, Santa’
Arts & Culture
Fun Maps: The Queens Jazz Trail by Ephemera Press
When people talk about jazz history in New York City, they usually talk about Harlem and Greenwich Village. Indeed, Harlem
Arts & Culture
Fun Maps: Yahoo! Autocomplete Insults Your City, State and Country
As reported by The Atlantic Cities, Keir Clarke has been building a Yahoo! Autocomplete Map, showing search suggestions when you
Architecture
Fun Maps: What if the Manhattan Grid Was Extended Across the Entire Earth?
This fun website, ExtendNY, extends the Manhattan grid ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD. Moving the cursor moves the little green street
Arts & Culture
Fun Maps: NYC Payphones Are Disappearing, But The Ones That Remain Still Make Money
We first reported about the shrinking number of working emergency call boxes, and this week Brokelyn discovered the latest numbers
Architecture
Fun Maps: The World Inside New York Shows How Neighborhoods Reach Out to the World
Today’s map is from an exhibit that was part of the Design and Elastic Mind show at the MoMA
Architecture
Fun Maps: Hand Drawn Far Rockaway Map as Viewed from the Eyes of AnneMarie in “On the Come Up”
“Far Rock,” this hand drawn map by Aaron Reiss (part of Citizen Productions, who made the recent Pinball Marathon video
Arts & Culture
Fun Maps: Citi Bike Data Visualizations from the first 100 Days
This week we’re going to stretch the breadth of the Fun Maps column out a bit. Foursquare designer, Zack
Arts & Culture
Fun Maps: How New Yorkers Really Feel About Each Other (414 of them at least)
These maps come from a Business Insider-Survey Monkey collaboration which they called: “26 Maps that Show How New Yorkers Really
Architecture
Fun Maps: 3D Manhattan Panorama Taken by Helicopter over NYC
This 3D panorama of Manhattan by Sergey Semonov was featured earlier this year in Atlantic Cities but was worth a
Architecture
Sponsored: 2 Reasons Why the Urban Savvy Should Use Point2 Homes to Search Real Estate Listings
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Architecture
Fun Maps: Interactive Map of Green-Wood Cemetery Shows Famous Residents and Names of Every Path
The 478-acre Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, founded in 1838, was one of “America’s first rural cemeteries.” The official website