The NYPL opens its outdoor reading rooms today, complete with retro tables and chairs, loungers, and artificial grass. The design is based on a famous 1970 photo. [Gothamist] Twenty of NYC’s top interior designers share their favorite apartments. [Refinery 29] Fun, interactive timeline shows all the things built while we waited 96 years for the Second […]
This fun mapping project tracks the spread of newborn names across the United States over more than a century. [CityLab] Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce is really taking off. Community gardens in the borough will provide 5,000 pounds of the ingredients before the end of the year to produce 30,000 more bottles. [NYT] Join the author of […]
Beastie Boy Mike D’s Brilliant Brooklyn Townhouse Can Be Yours for $5.7M Renderings Revealed for Eliot Spitzer’s ODA-Designed Williamsburg Mega-Development Chloe Sevigny’s Former East Village Pad Is Back on the Market with a New Look New Rendering of Renzo Piano’s Soho Condos Shows a Curvy Glass Construction Own Andy Warhol’s Former Montauk Compound and Equestrian […]
Take a street art tour of El Barrio (a.k.a. East Harlem). [Gothamist] Happy Friday… click through these photos of adorable dogs lounging in high-end properties. [WSJ] We’ve all been there; we exit a subway station and walk in the wrong direction. Here’s how to get your bearings. [CityLab] This summer solstice, the Fulton Center oculus will […]
Tour a memory-filled West Village studio. [Apartment Therapy] Sources say Mayor de Blasio will cut cars in Central and Prospect Parks this summer. [Capital NY] The seedy Times Square of the 1970s might become an HBO show. [Gothamist] Tompkins Square Park got an outhouse-looking shed that’s actually a place for writers to use an old-school […]
https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/assets/003/998/006/1e2746d1af55164eb07a0c4058a93465_h264_high.mp4 As part of their Kickstarter campaign, the Lowline has released a fun video starring none other than Lena Dunham. Watch her eat sandwiches and play with kids in the future subterranean park. [The Lowline] This man rebuilt Harlem during the 1920s in virtual reality. [The Atlantic] You can win an overnight stay on […]
The 85-mile-long pipe of the Delaware Aqueduct, which supplies water to NYC, is losing 35 million gallons of water each day through cracks and holes in the concrete lining. [WNYC] What 15 historic NYC scenes look like today. [Curbed] Considered the Picasso of modern dance, Martha Graham is getting an historic plaque at her first studio […]
Ever wondered how designers work around NYC’s tiny apartments? We’ll get in touch with the space-saving gurus at noroof Architects. Or maybe you want to know about the origins of the city’s street art? We know an artist who was part of the first generation of subway graffiti artists. Or it could be as simple as wanting […]
Part of Coney Island‘s famous boardwalk is an expo floor at the USA Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Milan. [NYP] Archivist Yukie Ohta is “the memory-keeper of Soho.” Among her plans is the creation of a Soho Historical Society. [NYT] France, the country that invented the two-piece bathing suit, now has a smart bikini that […]
Winston Marshall, Banjoist for Mumford & Sons, Buys $3.2M Nolita Pad Are Yuccies the New Hipsters? REVEALED: Bjarke Ingels Design for 2 World Trade Center Own a Charming Wood Frame Church in the Catskills for $99,000 J.P. Morgan’s 120-Year-Old ‘Great Camp Uncas’ in the Adirondacks Can Be Yours for $3.25M 98 Percent of Manhattan Rentals […]
Forget the drums, why not play an historic building instead? Yup, Soho’s cast iron buildings can be used as musical instruments. [Off the Grid] Charting the age distribution at the top social networks. The youngsters really love Snapchat. [BI] A new interactive map from the Environmental Protection Agency shows neighborhood pollution, and the results aren’t […]
Here’s a handy, interactive map of how many rats are in your neighborhood restaurants. [Gothamist] You know about the botanical gardens in the Bronx and Brooklyn, but did you know there’s one in Queens, too? [Queens Brownstoner] See the plans for the original Shake Shack scribbled on a piece of paper. [Business Insider] BLUMA is […]
Supermodel Gemma Ward has made a $2.25M sale on her East Village apartment. [NYDN] Opinion: Want more affordable housing? Create more transit. [Grist] Woody Johnson’s ex-wife is being sued over her 817 Fifth Avenue condo sale. The brokerage who handled the sale says she owes them $810K. [NYP] After much protest, the city has ordered […]
Tour the Lent-Riker-Smith homestead, the oldest “inhabited private dwelling” in the city, and possibly the country. [Curbed] Watch an intricate pen-and-ink illustration of New York City get completed in just three minutes. [BK Mag] These “depressingly hilarious” cartoons show why life in your 20s and 30s isn’t that different. [WP] How two Vice Media employees live as roommates […]
The Feds say they’re confident the Second Avenue Subway will open in early 2017, sooner than the most recent February 2018 estimation. [NYDN] A photographer documents New York’s diversity through “No Parking” signs. [Animal] The city’s Circle Line boat tour celebrates its 70th birthday. Here’s a look back at its impressive history. [Mashable] Daredevil Tattoos […]
New subway map shows only wheelchair-accessible stations, which account for just about 1/5 of the total stops. [DNAinfo] Citi Bikes are getting a redesign by an Olympic racing bike designer to include a new gear system and a seat that’s easier on the backside. [NYDN] There are more than 30 chain stores in Union Square […]
A Trashcan Inspired the Design of Rafael Viñoly’s 432 Park Avenue $18 Million Townhouse in Greenwich Village Will Speak to Your Inner Historian and Artist Interior Renderings Revealed for Central Park South’s Brand New 1,210-Foot Supertall Bjarke Ingels Confirmed to Replace Norman Foster in the Design of 2 World Trade Center Elizabeth Roberts Brings Light […]
The High Bridge, the city’s oldest bridge that spans the Harlem River and connects Manhattan and the Bronx, will reopen to foot and bicycle traffic for the first time in 40 years. [NYT] HidrateMe is a smart water bottle that tracks your hydration and glows when you need to take a sip. [Business Insider] The […]
Check out these crazy NYC-inspired tattoos. [Refinery 29] Why can you get an entire Swedish meatball meal at Ikea for $5.99? So you’ll automatically assume everything else in the store is a steal. [NYP] The story behind Seinfeld’s very realistic, but fake subway set. [Gothamist] This skull ash tray uses functional form to prod smokers to […]
Priced out of the East Village following the Second Avenue explosion, everyone’s favorite French fry spot Pommes Frites will move to MacDougal Street. We can hear the NYU students cheering now. [DNAinfo] What’s scarier, getting trapped in an elevator or priced out of an apartment? Here’s a list of New Yorkers’ worst nightmares. [The Awl] Support […]
Quitting chain stores cold turkey and shopping only local in NYC isn’t easy. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY] Charting the emotions of every room in the house. [CityLab] New York City, particularly Brooklyn, has more female-run startups than anywhere else in the country. [Animal] Can American art museums continue to afford to be free to the public? […]
Just in time for LGBT Pride Month, the Landmarks Preservation Commission is looking to designate the Stonewall Inn as a city landmark. [NYT] Looking back at the Theater District’s 1982 Broadway Massacre. [Ephemeral NY] A forthcoming, untitled opera will depict the feud between Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. [NYO] This map uses NYPD data to show […]
May’s 10 Most-Read Stories New York Times Columnist Frank Bruni Nabs a Broadway Corridor Pad for $1.65M New Renzo Piano-Designed Residential Tower to Rise in Soho Go Inside 190 Bowery This Saturday for an Art Opening Bradley Cooper Scopes Out an $8.5M Three-Bedroom in Tribeca’s Hubert Live in Eleanor Roosevelt’s Historic Townhouse for $18M Paul […]
Mmuseumm, the quirky museum hidden in a Chinatown elevator shaft, is opening a second location this weekend in Tribeca, and it’s in a 20-square-foot storefront window. [NYT] Here’s 15 historic, opulent private clubs that still exist in NYC. [Refinery 29] The MTA has released the Second Avenue Subway Simulator to give New Yorkers a taste of riding the […]
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