All articles by Dana Schulz

The online lottery for “Hamilton” crashed after more than 50,000 people tried to score cheap tickets. For now, it’s back to the streets. [Vulture] Take a tour of Donald Trump’s Greenwich, Connecticut home in 1987. [Mashable] These trucks have rear screens that show oncoming traffic so other drivers can safely pass them. [Digital Synopsis] Exploring Harlem’s […]

Developer Ben Shaoul is using hipster-fied images of Katz’s deli to sell his new condos at 196 Orchard Street. [Bowery Boogie] Forget the selfie stick, there’s now a selfie camera that’s worn like a bracelet. [Mashable] Architect Vincent Callebaut has conceived floating villages that are 3D printed from plastic waste and algae. Each underwater village could house […]

“Should I Scoop Out My Bagel?” An age-old New York question and the title of a new book. [NYP] This Greenpoint laundromat has 20 vintage pinball machines and a secret speakeasy. [NYT] A new study shows that shared office coffee machines are as gross as you’d think. [Fast Co. Design] Raccoon complaints in NYC are […]

3D-printed replicas of the Temple of Bel’s arch, located in the Syrian city of Palmyra, are coming to London and NYC in April. The arch is the last remnant of the UNESCO site; Isis fighters destroyed the rest. [The Guardian] Was the original Penn Station really so great? David Dunlap doesn’t think so. [NYT] This video goes […]

Watch the Times Square New Year’s Eve confetti test. [Gothamist] Michael Kimmelman tackles the architecture of sound with a three-dimensional audio component. [NYT] 16 NYC hotels have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent over the next ten years. The list includes the Waldorf, the Peninsula, and the Pierre. [CNN Money] Bushwick had the […]

For the past year and a half, the price on this rotating dome home in New Paltz has been steadily decreasing. What’s the deal? [Gothamist] The top ten books taken out of NYC public libraries in 2015. [NYDN] Architects at SOM have completed the city’s first net-zero energy school on Staten Island. [Dezeen] The first LinkNYC kiosk, […]

Santiago Calatrava’s long-delayed and incredibly-over-budget World Trade Center Transportation Hub is set to open in March. [Politico] “Working canines” were named the official state dog of New York. This includes police dogs, military dogs, drug-sniffing dogs, airport dogs, therapy dogs and seeing eye dogs. [NYDN] After four-and-a-half months, an extreme New Yorker rode his Citi Bike 2,700 […]

Commoners can enter Gramercy Park on Christmas Eve to hear holiday caroling. [TONY] Not surprisingly, a food hall called the Pennsy is opening next month above Penn Station. [Gothamist] Here’s what Christmas would cost you in 1932. [NYP] All the apartments in the Christmas movie “Elf” are pretty incredible. [Brick Underground] Starbucks rules in Manhattan, but […]

All the NYC restaurants that have eliminated tipping. [Grub Street] The plan for a memorial at the location of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, where 146 garment workers died in 1911, received a $1.5 million state grant. [NYT] The top 10 Christmas songs in the world, according to Spotify. [Business Insider] A new video game explores the […]