Next weekend, the three-day NYC Yarn Crawl will take up to 3,000 “nerdy knitters” from yarn shop to yarn shop. [DNAinfo] Citees are wearable maps of more than 80 global cities. [CityLab] Airbnb now has an Apple TV app for trip planning. [Mashable] Fodor’s published its first Brooklyn guide, and the illustrations are pretty great. [Brownstoner] The world’s largest […]
Activists are taking a stand against billionaire Barry Diller’s plan to build a floating park. [NY Post] How much do big firms rely on their top name brokers for revenue? [TRD] Here’s the city’s schedule of “West Nile Spraying Events.” Find out when your neighborhood is up. [NYC.gov] The artist-owned NY Studio Gallery at 154 Stanton Street in the Lower […]
In honor of yesterday’s record-breaking inferno, this map shows in what month the average hottest day falls across the country. [CityLab] A new quinoa restaurant in San Francisco is almost fully automated. Will the trend come to New York and be the reincarnation of the automat? [NYT] Board game store called the Geekery coming to […]
Mapping the 900 million Wi-Fi signals in the world’s biggest cities. [Business Insider] The Museum of Food and Drink is opening its first permanent space, called Mofad Lab, in Williamsburg this October. [NY Times] Here’s what it’s like to the ride the longest known subway route — 54.6 miles, 54 transfers, 13 hours and 48 minutes. [WNYC] Time Warner […]
Liza Minnelli Makes an $8.4M Sale on Her Upper East Side Apartment Miraculously Unscathed by Time, This Historic Wooden UES Townhouse Seeks Tenants The UWS Apartment Babe Ruth Once Called Home Is Selling for $1.595M Interactive Map Shows Where and When to Find Fall Foliage at Its Peak Taylor Swift May Be the Reason Sir […]
This map shows the top ten subway stations in each borough with the highest share of “structural components not in state of good repair.” Only 16 percent of the city’s 467 subway stations are considered in good repair. [Gothamist] Here’s what happens when you only eat from NYC street carts for a week. [Thrillist] Instead of pushing […]
How Google’s logo has changed over the years. [Mental Floss] A new Williamsburg mural commissioned by Gatorade depicts 21 of Serena Williams‘ grand slam victories. [BK Mag] Welcome to New Pork. This father-son duo created a “pun-fueled food map of the U.S.” [My Modern Met] Is Stagg and Putnam the real name of a Brooklyn restaurant? Is […]
Located in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, Rooftop Reds is the world’s first rooftop vineyard, and it’s opening this month. [Business Insider] A visual history of NYC cabs, from the early 1900s to today. [Gothamist] Adult coloring books are all the rage right now. Check out these free adult coloring maps. [Maps Mania] Perhaps as a way […]
The Pope will ride through Central Park during his NYC visit later this month. [Gothamist] Obama’s favorite bagel was a poppy seed with schmear from H&H. He used to walk to the famed, now-closed Upper West Side shop while a student at Columbia. [NYDN] And speaking of bagels, watch this video of artist Hanna Liden installing […]
New art piece atop Clinton Hill’s Broken Angel Condo pays tribute to the building’s history. [Brownstoner] City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to make Stonewall Inn a national monument for its role in the modern LGBTQ movement. [NYP] A tweet-based comparison shows that residents of Arlington, Texas hate tourists more than New Yorkers. [CityLab] The gentrifier’s guide […]
August’s 10 Most-Read Stories NeighborhoodX’s 3D Map Reveals the Blocks Where Real Estate Prices Are Soaring Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Nabs $18.5M Trump Tower Loft Supermodel and Daughter of Zipcar Founder, Cameron Russell Scoops Up a $1.5M Bed-Stuy Townhouse See NYC’s Subway Lines Superimposed Over an Aerial Photo of the City Construction Kicks Off at […]
An upstate group is holding a rally this Sunday to push for secession from the city, Long Island, and Rockland and Westchester counties. The actual reason may have to do with fracking. [DNAinfo] Mapping all 24 pedestrian plazas in NYC. [Curbed] Watch this mini-documentary about the life of Manhattan’s high-rise window washers. [New Yorker] This […]
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 […]
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 […]
The surfing crowds are multiplying in the Rockaways, but residents of the huge new Arverne by the Sea development are eyeing the same stretch of beach. [NYT] Traffic injuries and casualties are down in Times Square since the 2009 pedestrian plaza conversion. [WSJ] And on that note, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer released a statement in […]
Have you ever noticed the flag atop Trader Joe’s in Cobble Hill? Here’s the reason why the chain store flies the flag. [DNAinfo] Feeding your suburban-mall-food craving, Focus Brands (parent company to Carvel, Cinnabon and Auntie Anne’s) will now be delivering in the city starting this week. [CNN Money] A timeline of how Empire Stores went […]
VIDEO: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Rats Coming up Your Toilet NeighborhoodX’s 3D Map Reveals the Blocks Where Real Estate Prices Are Soaring 22,000 New Apartments Coming to Northern Brooklyn by 2019 Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Nabs $18.5M Trump Tower Loft Model and Daughter of Zipcar Founder, Cameron Russell Scoops Up a $1.5M […]
Get ready to cry your eyes out. These maps show that one-bedroom rentals have gone up $200/month since just six months ago. [Brokelyn] Gentrification summed up in 311 calls. [NY Mag] If you’re heading upstate this weekend, be sure to hit up these eateries in the Hudson Valley and Catksills. [Brownstoner] This construction worker doesn’t […]
Find some peace in Times Square at FAILE’s hand-carved, seven-foot tall prayer wheel installation. [Gothamist] Enjoy the Hamptons without all the popped collars in this amazing drone video. [Curbed Hamptons] A Homepolish designer works her magic on her own Columbus Circle home. [Design Milk] Good job, New Yorkers. Our most used emoji is the Statue […]
Be transported to a Spanish villa just by looking at this unique adobe-style house in Brooklyn Heights. [Gothamist] Mister Softee may serve up summer deliciousness, but don’t mess with him when it comes to his jingle. He’s suing a rival ice cream truck for allegedly stealing the signature tune. [NYDN] Ennead Architects and RAFT Landscape Architecture plan to build a Heroic […]
Last week, the Village Voice posted a video featuring recent Madison, Wisconsin transplant Grayson Altenberg, a chef at the Lincoln Center restaurant paying $1,100/month for a 100-square-foot apartment. Though the rent seems pretty ridiculous for a space that has you hanging your shoes right above your pillow, Altenberg says that the main reason he’s shelling over a […]
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