Everyone knows New York City is famous for its bagels, and it used to be that the City was the only place you could get a good one. Nowadays, you can get gourmet bagels just about everywhere you go. When this how-to video was made back in 1979, it may have been an instrumental tool in spreading the secrets behind a classic Brooklyn bagel.
Vintage Colorized Photograph Shows Aftermath of the 1920 Wall Street Bombing
On September 16, 1920 the Stock Exchange, the Sub-Treasury building (today’s Federal Hall), and most importantly J.P. Morgan’s headquarters on 23 Wall Street — were all very active when an unidentified man led a horse and carriage down the congested street, fighting to get past crowds, until it rested at the corner about 100 feet east of Broad.
This vintage photograph shows the aftermath of the 1920 Wall Street bombing. The added color by colorization artist Zoe Martin really helps you imagine what it would have been like that day nearly one hundred years ago. Here is a Google StreetView of what Wall Street looks like today from approximately the same vantage point:
Revel is Providing On-Demand Electric Moped Rentals in Parts Brooklyn and Queens
Revel is an on-demand, electrip moped sharing service that covers most parts of North Brooklyn and Queens. Similar to the popular Car2Go service but for two-seater scooters, the app lets you book a vehicle through the app, ride it to your destination, and leave it for the next rider. After a $19 drivers license verification fee, a ride on the scooter costs $1 plus $0.25/mile to ride, making it very affordable, and all managed through the app. Check out this video from revel to see how it works.
To get started, download the Revel app: