Giant Hello Kitty Sculpture Coming to Midtown; NYC Is a Good Place for the 65+ Crowd

• Data shows that taxi drivers are costing commuters money when making trips to LaGuardia. [Value Penguin]
• A nine-foot Hello Kitty Time Capsule is coming to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. The translucent sculpture will get filled with people’s memories. [Untapped]
• Take a ride on one of NYC’s tugboats, which are making a comeback in marine freight towing. [Animal]
• How Earth Day came to be. [Inhabitat]
• Inside the subterranean passageway that once linked Grand Central to the Roosevelt Hotel. [Gothamist]
• How livable will your neighborhood be as you age? Surprisingly, NYC ranks 62 in AARP’s livability index. [Curbed via CityLab]

Images: Drawing of Hello Kitty sculpture via “Time After Time Capsule” (L); The over 65 crowd via Ed Yourdon (R)