World’s Only Jet Pack Flies Around the Statue of Liberty; The History of the NYC Grid
- Gerard Koeppel, author of “City on a Grid: How New York Became New York,” is giving a lecture and book signing tonight at the Museum of the City of New York. [MCNY]
- The man who owns the world’s only real jetpack just flew it around the Statue of Liberty and made a video of it. [Gothamist]
- The burial vaults, bones, and coffins found below Washington Square Park won’t be disturbed even by archaeologists. [DNAinfo]
- Sick of your desk job? NASA is hiring astronauts. [NYT]
- New documentary “The Lost Arcade” tells the story of the Chinatown Fair, a penny arcade that opened on Mott Street in 1944. [Boing Boing]
Images: Via JetPack Aviation (L); Original NYC street grid (R)
