NYC Trees Getting Their Own Email Addresses; Go Inside the S.S. Columbia
- A slew of signs tagged #Slopelandia are popping up in Park Slope storefronts. Some make fun of local cliches (i.e. Kale Kidz) while others go for the shock factor (an ad for a Donald Trump office). [DNAinfo]
- 200 trees might get personal email addresses “as a mechanism for deepening public engagement with the trees.” [Gothamist]
- Richard Haas’ famous Soho mural is being destroyed by time and vandals. How can it be saved? [NYT]
- The Randall’s Island Connector, which will provide direct access to and from the island and the Bronx, opens this weekend. [Welcome2TheBronx]
- America’s oldest passenger steamship, the S.S. Columbia, has made it to NY state and released a new video about its history. [Untapped]
S.S. Columbia image via S.S. Columbia Project