Here Is New York City Transformed Into a Colorful (Scale) Landscape of LEGO Blocks
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Things that you shouldn’t waste your money on. [BI] Dealing with a break-up in NYC when you share a home with your partner. [BU] The city will spend $100M to stormproof lower Manhattan. [NYDN] A $6.5M penthouse sale at the Oosten has set a record for Williamsburg. [Curbed] Bill Ackman—a.k.a. the owner of NYC’s second most expensive […]
For the second year in a row, Lonely Planet names Queens the country’s #1 travel destination. [NYT] 50 things you didn’t know about Le Corbusier. [ArchDaily] To compete with Uber, the taxi industry has launched its own app. Called Arro, it will allow users to hail and pay for yellow and green cabs right on their […]
In a city where hundreds of interesting happenings occur each week, it can be hard to pick and choose your way to a fulfilling life. Art Nerd‘s philosophy is a combination of observation, participation, education and of course a party to create the ultimate well-rounded week. Jump ahead for Art Nerd founder Lori Zimmer’s top picks for 6sqft readers!
The most expensive U.S. cities for single folks and families. [Wonkblog] Is the United Arab Emirates building a mega-mansion on the Upper East Side? The Permanent Mission of the UAE to the United Nations has just closed on two neighboring buildings worth $47.25M. [NYDN] Here’s where Red Hook and Buttermilk Channel draw their names from. [Brownstoner] The world’s […]
Single and lonely? The Kiss coffee cup lid can bring a little intimacy to your daily routine. [designboom] City Tech students created a prefabricated “apartment of the future,” which will compete in the 2015 Solar Decathalon. You can tour it now at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [DNAinfo] The history of NYC’s lost Book Row on […]
New Yorkers can’t stop talking about Mayor de Blasio’s idea to rip out Times Square’s pedestrian plazas, just six years after they were put in place under the Bloomberg administration. As a way to rid the tourist destination of “jiggly panhandlers,” both the Mayor and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton have suggested opening Times Square back up to […]
Love him or hate him, not a day goes by anymore without Donald Trump making headlines. But the Donald was turning heads and raising eyebrows long before he launched his [fill in the blank] presidential campaign. As CityRealty notes, “Over the years, Donald Trump’s buildings have commanded a premium in New York’s pricey real estate […]
Not all NYC buildings bearing Trump’s name are actually owned by him. [WNYC] Russian princess Kristina Kovalenko has put her Upper East Side pad on the market for $11M. [Curbed] An underground leak at the World Trade Center complex may be coming from the river wall built to separate the site from the Hudson. [DNA Info] No need […]