In Jackie Cantwell's Brooklyn rental apartment, the decor started with the colorful piece of art in the living room, which was painted by her dad. The colors that fill this small space—all 400 square feet or so of it—are inspired by the hues found in the energetic abstract painting. But it's not just color that she's packed her home with...

Check out the accompanying article for more info and photos of Jackie Cantwell and her 400-square-foot Bushwick apartment.

The longest of all the East River bridges at 3,725 feet, the Queensboro Bridge opened to the public on June 18th, 1909 and is still used by over 200,000 commuters daily.

Connecting Midtown Manhattan with Long Island City in Queens, the bridge crosses over Roosevelt Island, a convenient spot to place two of the bridge's 4 towers. The design of the bridge is unique to the other East River bridge crossings in that it is a five span cantilever truss, the only bridge that is not a suspension bridge using cables.

See the Queensboro Bridge from all angles in this short video from our Above New York series. Music by Moondog — "Bird's Lament"

In a detailed study titled Here Grows New York, Columbia University student Myles Zhang used publicly-accessible data from the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress to create this fascinating animation showing the growth of New York City's five boroughs from 1609 through present day.

This animation illustrates the development of NYC’s street grid and infrastructure systems from 1609 to the present-day, using geo-referenced road network data and historic maps. The resulting short film presents a series of “cartographic snapshots” of NYC’s built-up urban area at intervals of every 20-30 years history.

Check out the project page to learn more about the study and animation.