Against All Odds: New Documentary Explores the Unlikely Transformation of 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan

The new documentary, 'Against All Odds: Transforming 42nd Street,' tells the story of the economic transformation of the famed 42nd Street in New York City through interviews with the people who made this transformation happen—project leaders, real estate developers, architects, law enforcement officials, and historic preservationists.

Against All Odds: Transforming 42nd Street already had its television premiere on NYC Life and should air again on the channel in the near future. Watch the trailer above, then visit the film's website to read in-depth interviews with the experts featured in the documentary.

Check Out These Incredible Vintage 3D Stereographic Photographs of Brooklyn in 1933

Freelance photographer Ian Ference recently uncovered these incredible vintage stereographic rolls of film showing Brooklyn in 3D back in 1933. After scanning them all, cleaning them up, and combining them into anaglyphs (red-blue), he published the images on a new website he created for this purpose called Brooklyn Stereography. Check out a couple of these incredible stereographic photos in their side-by-side forms above, then visit Ference's site for more combined anaglyphs like this one, easily viewed with any pair of cheap, red-blue 3D glasses.

3D Stereographic Image of Brooklyn, 1933
3D Stereographic Image of Brooklyn, 1933

Improv Everywhere Created a Giant Boombox in Manhattan That Unleashed a Dance Party When Plugged In

For a recent stunt aptly titled The Giant Boombox, large-scale comedy group Improv Everywhere and partner Target teamed up to create a massive 10' boombox which unleashed a dance party on unsuspecting passersby. They only needed to notice the over-sized red plug, over-sized red outlet, and put two-and-two together. Check it out!

For our latest mission, we placed a 10-foot tall boombox on Pier 17 in Manhattan and waited for unsuspecting people to plug it in. Real New Yorkers worked together to carry the 160-foot long cord across the pier to an oversized outlet. Once the boombox was plugged in, everyone was surprised by a massive holiday dance party with 100 acrobatic dancers, thousands of Christmas lights placed on two historic ships, and 10 hidden snow machines.

Check out the stunt's recap page for more info on how they pulled it off.