Talking to NY’s Last Seltzer Man; Supermarket Chaos Before the Blizzard

• With perfect timing, the new Snow Monsters art installation arrives at Flatiron Plaza. [Untapped]
• Seltzer deliverymen used to be commonplace in the city, but now there’s just one left. [The Awl]
• The popular photo-documentary series Humans of New York has raised close to $700,000 to help underprivileged students in Brownsville, Brooklyn visit Harvard. [Gothamist]
• A guide to Billie Holiday’s New York. [The Bowery Boys]
• Here’s some photos of the crazy lines at NYC supermarkets in preparation for what could be a “historic” blizzard. [Business Insider]
• Did you know there are two Empire State Buildings in the city? [Curbed]
• Today is Australia Day! Here’s a guide to all things Australian in Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Paper]
• Looking back at New York’s terrifying blizzard of 1888. [Gawker]

Images: Old seltzer delivery bottles via Reclaimed Home Flickr (L); Empty shelves at Trader Joes via bryanesque via photopin cc (R)