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Donald Trump was fined $10,000 for skipping a hearing about the removal of a bench in the public atrium of Trump Tower to replace it with a kiosk selling “Make America Great Again” merchandise. [DNAinfo] Eero Saarinen, famed architect of JFK’s TWA terminal, also designed weapons and “devices” for the CIA. [Paleofuture] Here are new images of […]

The silver bowl of Joan Rivers’ dog Spike has sold at auction for $14,000. It was expected to go for $800. [Page Six] Looking at the architecture in video game Grand Theft Auto. [Architizer] The World Trade Center Oculus will be available for public event rentals (no weddings or bar mitzvahs) beginning in 2017. [NYP] […]

Spend a Sunday on the Upper West Side with Bill Nye the Science Guy. [NYT] Tidal House is a solar-powered, floating residence that uses retractable legs to defy climate change. [Inhabitat] If you hate furniture shopping this all-in-one living room may be for you. [Fast Co. Design] Photographer Mitch Boyer Photoshopped his dachshund in giant […]

Take a deep breath, perfectionists. It’s just been discovered that the Great Pyramid of Giza is longer by 14.1 centimters on its west side. [National Geographic] Millennials rank their dream city, and New York is number one. [Reddit] Apple released a new feature that will “highlight all the emojifiable words” in a text. [NYT] Surprise, surprise. The Second […]

According to the MTA, the average speed of a MetroCard swipe is 10 to 40 inches per second. [NYT] After being in safekeeping for 19 months, the Alamo cube is returning to Astor Place this Wednesday. [EV Grieve] A new startup wants to bring power napping to the office. [Time] Will the Water Street rezoning destroy […]

Owner Aby Rosen is removing all of 190 Bowery‘s famous graffiti this weekend except for one tag by noted artist NEKST. [Mass Appeal] Go inside John Leguizamo’s West Village brownstone. [NYT] Have you ever noticed the nondescript “Tie Guy” in the MTA’s Courtesy Counts ads? One man thinks he “represents the the wealthy elite in […]

“A Bronx Tale” is coming to Broadway and will be directed by Robert De Niro. [NYDN] The Durst Organization has created a voluntary composting program for its office tenants with the goal of reducing food waste at landfills (which it’s done by 20 percent). [WSJ] City Island is getting its first major condo development in 15 years. […]

One in five millennials want to live in New York, but they should actually move to Philly (though less than one percent want to). [Forbes] Yoga in aisle three: grocery stores are adding incentives like fitness classes and spa treatments to lure customers. [WSJ] City restaurants can now serve booze starting at 10am on Sundays. […]

The Brooklyn War Memorial lists 11,500 names, but it’s in a location where few are admitted. [NYT] With an influx of new, supertall towers set for the Two Bridges waterfront area of the Lower East Side, local residents and elected officials are calling for a master plan to examine the projects’ impact on the community. […]

Architect David Adjaye is teaming up with his musician brother to create a vinyl record that fuses his architectural projects and music. [Curbed] New York’s oldest witchcraft store has been selling “enchantments” in the East Village for 34 years. [The Guardian] A guide to NYC’s farmers markets. [Thrillist] In this sleepy Connecticut city, a former piano-key […]

Amidst a very public divorce, Johnny Depp is auctioning off nine of his personal Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings. [Page Six] Believe it or not, the city has never had official iconography. But now NYC & Company has launched 250 pictograms, as well as a redesigned website and two new typefaces. [Fast Co. Design] There are 2,000 empty restaurants during the […]

We’ve been right all along; Time Warner Cable has the worst customer satisfaction in the country. [Gothamist] To prevent Zika, a Long Island town is installing homemade wooden boxes to attract bats that can eat 1,000 mosquitoes an hour. [Inhabitat] West 103rd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue has officially been renamed Norman Rockwell Place. [NYT] Anthony […]

The Department of Transportation will repave more than 1,000 miles of roadway, a $1 billion+ commitment over the next 10 years. [CBS NY] A restaurant that only serves its food in jars is opening near NYU. [Eater] There’s a petition aimed at the MTA to add another Z to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge so it matches the spelling […]

A new short film takes a humanizing look at “showtime” subway dancers. [CityLab] The last known 9/11 search and rescue dog dies at 16. [Mashable] AeroFarms in Newark, the world’s biggest indoor vertical farm, will use 95 percent less water than traditional field farms. [Web Urbanist] Go inside the cheese caves 30 feet below Crown […]

With more new developments rising in Jersey City and nearby locations, the PATH trains are seeing unprecedented crowding. But who should pay for improvements and expansions of the system? [WSJ] This robot folds your laundry is less than one minute… but it costs $850. [Bored Panda] Google’s Project Sunroof is an online tool that will […]

The tragic fire at Flatiron’s historic Serbian Orthodox Cathedral was caused by Easter candles. [NYP] Citizen Bridge, a proposed pop-up pedestrian bridge connecting Red Hook to Governor’s Island, will likely take shape thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign. [Pop Up City] The Citicorp Center may become the youngest landmark in the city. [WSJ] A new exhibit at the Met will […]

Time Inc.’s new breakfast-centric site is hiring a bacon critic, and it’s not a joke. [Brokelyn] The MTA has begun testing whether or not to add Wi-Fi service on subway cars, installing it on four E train cars as a test. [NY1] HOVR, a desk attachment that lets you flail your legs about, claims it burns […]