The George Washington Bridge connecting New Jersey and Manhattan is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge according to the Port Authority. With so much traffic, keeping up with repairs…
Because Americans always need a reason to celebrate something, another nonsense holiday is today, July 11th: 7-Eleven day. As part of the 7/11 "holiday" celebrations, 7-Eleven is offering up…
dOGUMENTA is a cool new art gallery presented by Arts Brookfield that is coming to Brookfield Place this weekend and is calling itself America's first art show for dogs. Not of or by dogs,…
In a small 70s style hawker centre, we meet Ismail and Hamida who are probably the only ones who make the Indian Karipap from scratch. In contrast to their simple lives, three young hawkers…
Believe it or not, NYC is home to colorful butterflyfish! But this story has a sad ending. These beautiful visitors to NYC are called Gulf Stream Orphans. I rode the subway to this dive…
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…
Underneath the old Bereket Turkish restaurant and current construction site on Houston and Orchard lies artifacts dating back to the 1860's. The artifacts were found within an old outhouse,…
In a new profile piece published by the The New York Times, Freddie Cox, a man convicted 28 years ago for second-degree murder, is released from prison. Throughout his sentence he maintained…
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…
The team at Blank on Blank recently uncovered a 1957 audio interview with iconic architect Frank Lloyd Wright in which he discusses how arrogance and greed built the NYC skyline, then turned…
