There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. Daytonian in Manhattan: ⇒ Violence,…
With a rare glimpse into the past, YouTube Chubachus recently took pairs of stereoscopic photographs from the 1864 New York City Metropolitan Fair detailing the various exhibits and…
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…
The City's Department of Consumer Affairs just released a cool interactive map allowing you to see where each of the 1,257 legal sidewalk cafés are in the City. According to the City, using…
Real estate search company Trulia recently published a great article about rent control and rent stabilization in the City. As part of the article, Trulia created these great infographics…
In the most recent episode of Shelf Life entitled Kinsey's Wasps, the American Museum of Natural History discusses how museums can use massive specimen collections to help scientists.…
The 25th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest took place this past Saturday, and hundreds of families participated in the contest while beachgoers and spectators came by to check it…
An interesting article just came to my attention from the Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog in which the origins of the phrase "New York Minute" are analyzed and found to have not…
Brooklyn cinematographer Tim Sessler owns and operates a great film company called Brooklyn Aerials. While they normally specialize in amazing aerial videos, the team captured this amazing…
It may be tempting to bust our your phone and Instagram a smoking manhole cover, but this video goes to show what can happen if you stick around too long. It was captured near the Broadway…
