All New York City subway platforms have a black and white striped sign mounted facing the tracks. When the subway conductors, who ride in the middle of the train rather than the front, see…
One year ago today, on Groundhog Day 2014, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the groundhog, perhaps sparking last years horrible, horrendously long winter. The fall gave Chuck the…
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States so we would not be doing our part in honoring one of our Nation's great heroes without showing you a bit of MLK in New York City.…
Brooklyn-based photographer and urban explorer Stuart McAlpine recently published some fantastic photographs of his adventures for a photo-series called Heights & Depths. The series…
In a photograph taken today by a helicopter belonging to New York City's local CBS radio station, WCBS, you can just feel the frigidity in the air. The snow in the park, the steam from the…
A massive, colorful mural by Swedish street artist Ola Kalnins went up earlier this year on the busy Greenpoint intersection of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn. In this short…
You may recognize the City Hall Station above, but probably not from riding the Subway. The IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) City Hall Station was the very first Subway station in NYC. It…
