A recent report from the Design Trust for Public Space and the NYC Department of Transportation points to the need to utilize creatively the oft-neglected spaces beneath elevated highways…
Peter Fleming is a local resident in the neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens. He and his family love the Florida Keys, tiki bars and Jimmy Buffett, but getting down there isn't always so…
The Bodega is a comedic web-series on The Flama about two lazy brothers working at a Washington Heights bodega who always seem to find a way to get in trouble. In this episode, the brothers…
While it's possible to find a good burger on just about every corner in this City, the West Village has such a high density of top-tier burger joints that the team at Viewing NYC thought 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…
When 2 hurricanes slammed the east shore of Staten Island 50 years back, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came up with a plan to build a massive seawall and levee system that stretched four…
One of our favorite local documentary makers and story tellers Nicolas Heller — creator of the excellent Queens of Kings — is back at it again with an excellent video made for a recent…
Back in July we wrote about WNYC's challenge to find the longest subway ride through the power of donated distributed computing (read: your computer). The rules were simple: you get one…
The Vendy Awards food festival is a food truck competition where the hottest street food vendors in the City are pitted head-to-head in a ticket-holder taste off to determine the best the…
Yesterday, local brewmasters Brooklyn Brewery and online comedy network Above Average teamed up for a free, one-night-only, live comedy showcase. Viewing NYC was on hand to check it all out…
