Time lapse video enthusiast and Vimeo uploader Zack Reed recently shot this great video showing dark storm clouds rolling over the Midtown Manhattan skyline, followed by a slight rainbow.…
Ars Technica recently checked out one of the streetside LinkNYC WiFi kiosks that launched this year in New York City. Get a basic tour of their embedded touch-screen tablets in this video.…
This hand illustrated birds eye view map of Midtown Manhattan was created by cartographer Hermann Bollmann for the 1964 New York World's Fair in Queens. One of the greatest cartographic…
Time lapse moonrise and moonset video enthusiast Zack Reed recently captured this stunning video of a crescent moon setting behind the Empire State Building. Aside from the stunning visuals,…
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…
Back in the early 1980s, when the New York City subway was a dirty, grimy, and crime-ridden place, the red-beret wearing Guardian Angels would protect commuters by establish a presence on…
Time lapse video enthusiast and Vimeo uploader Zack Reed recently shot this great video showing an early morning fog rolling over the Midtown Manhattan skyline. A time-lapse video of the…
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…
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. 6sqft ⇒ 45 East 22nd Street Tops Out,…
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…
