Hip Hop Public Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to educate children about making positive food choices through the power of hip hop music. Hip Hop Public Health uses…
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most well-known American authors of the 19th century. When his wife became ill with Tuberculosis, Poe moved his family up to the small Village of Fordham in…
A new interactive map from Brooklyn-based web developer and data visualization guru Jill Hubley uses publicly accessible data to show which buildings around the City have the highest and…
Gigbloc is a website that launched a few months ago which uses publicly accessible data for upcoming local shows and gigs around the City, then maps them out and lets you listen to songs…
Filmmaker Coco Afable (previously) recently created this beautiful vignette of some of our City bridges on a rainy day. They’re all beautiful and have different characteristics. Manhattan…
Jeremy Nguyen is a cartoonist based in Bushwick and has lived in the area for the past three years. He writes and illustrates "Stranger Than Bushwick" for Bushwick Daily, and his…
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…
A new mural has popped up in Nolita that pays tribute to late musician David Bowie who passed away earlier this week. The outpouring of grief and gratitude in the wake of David Bowie’s death…
This month, the American Museum of Natural History is adding a massive fossil to its prehistoric collection: a 122-foot long Titanosaur. Measuring 122 feet, the Museum's new exhibit, The…
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…