Shortly before Covid-19 hit, Local YouTuber ActionKid visited the grand opening of The Edge at Hudson Yards, the western hemisphere's highest outdoor observation deck and filmed the whole experience. Check it out!
A walk through NYC's newest observation deck: The Edge at Hudson Yards. This outdoor sky deck, located at the top of 30 Hudson Yards, is marketed as the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere.
New York City's subway and transit system is one of the oldest in the country. Over the past 100 years, several maps have been created for the various routes, elevated train lines, station additions and design changes to help New Yorkers get from here to there. In this GIF created by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, get a big-picture view of the history of the NYC transit system through several of these maps.
"The Commuter's Lament" is a poem from late poet Norman B. Colp that is written on the ceiling beams of the connection tunnel between the Port Authority and Times Square subway stations. In this short video from our friends at The Gothamist, listen to the New York City subway's most-depressing piece of art read aloud by actor Justin Kirk.
In 1991, a poem commissioned by the Arts for Transit program was installed in a corridor connecting Port Authority and the IND 8th Ave line to the rest of the Times Square subway station. It is depressing as hell, but also kind of perfect. Maybe you never noticed it because you were too engulfed in your own sweaty rage as the seemingly endless urine-scented tunnel stretched out before you? Next time, look up, and enjoy Norman B. Colp's "A Commuter's Lament, or A Close Shave," which at the very least will make you feel seen.
