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Google Earth rendering from CityRealty showing some of the supertalls around the south end of Central Park
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 […]
Yesterday, 6sqft shared a video that explored the history of New Year’s Eve in Times Square. The first celebration was held in 1904 as a celebration of the New York Times’ new building at the crossroads, and in 1907 the first ball drop took place. Since then, the tradition has taken place every year except […]
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 […]