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Here's What the Crowds Looked Like During Last Weeks' Manhattanhenge on 42nd Street

2018-06-01T15:00:00-04:00

While Wednesday's Manhattanhenge—the first full 'henge of two—was a relatively cloudy bust, thousands of wishful Instagrammers hit the streets all around the borough, trying to capture the perfect shot. You may have already seen some of these photos online, perfectly edited and filtered, but have you seen the insanity on the streets necessary to capture them? In this video from YouTuber actionkid105, check out street scenes from up and down 42nd Street, one of the more popular places to try and catch a good photo.

I take some video clips of photographers at Tudor City and Grand Central Terminal preparing for the legendary Manhattanhenge sunset. When the sunset was nearing its apex, I took my bicycle for a ride across the entire length of 42nd Street to capture the action. Although it wasn't a perfect sunset, the sun still came through at the end through a cloudy sky.

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The Return of Linsanity: New York Times Recounts the Cultural Influence of Jeremy Lin

2016-11-10T13:29:10-05:00

The New York Times recently released a mini-documentary titled When Linsanity Happened that details the cultural impact of Taiwanese-American basketball phenomenon, Jeremy Lin.

Madison Square Garden set the stage in for his rise to fame and basketball dominance during his 2012 stint with the New York Knicks, and now Lin has returned to New York City, playing it Barclay's Center with the New York Nets instead.

Lin has returned to the public eye here in New York as he prepares to begin his first season as a member of the Nets. His narrative continues to resonate with Asian-Americans, in part, because of the way his skin color has shaped the substance of his life.

With a handful of Asian-American influencers from journalist to artists, the mini-doc skillfully recounts the instances of significant cultural contribution Lin ignited not only in the boroughs of New York City, but nationwide as well.

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Vintage Photograph of Balloons, Crowds and Hats in Times Square in 1942

2016-07-18T10:45:38-04:00

The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the historical article it accompanied. Along with a rescan of the original photograph, the backs of each photo are also scanned, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the editorial process of one of the world's best newspapers.

Today's posting features a shot from April 22nd, 1942 that shows a hat-filled crowd gathered in Times Square to release balloons as part of a U.S.O. celebration.

April 22, 1942: Red, white and blue balloons were toted into Times Square as part of a U.S.O. spectacle hosted by the vaudeville comedian duo Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Though the comedians made an appeal for “adequate recreational facilities for soldiers on detached duty in remote areas,” any air of patriotic unity dissipated as soon as the balloons were released, and “a few pugilistically inclined spectators were restrained from wholesale grabbing by the police.”

The original article from 1942 has more.

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Here's What Happens When a Vaporeon Shows Up in Central Park Near Midnight

2016-07-18T09:24:31-04:00

In case you have been in a coma, Pokémon Go is the newest video game to take over the world, making grown men and women act like little kids roaming through the streets hunting and capturing as many virtual creatures as they can.

One of the rarest Pokémon is the Vaporeon, and when one showed up in Central Park near midnight last Thursday, well… watch what happened above.

What happens when hundreds of people are gathered at the edge of Central Park to play Pokemon Go at 11pm'ish and a Vaporeon shows up in the park? Well....this!

I didn't catch the front of the pack that was sprinting into the park like a herd of wildebeest. Special shout out to the guy at the start of the video that jumped out of his car, left the engine running, and darted off to claim the grand prize.

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