We’ve heard of furniture made from local reclaimed wood, but never headphones. Check out these maple beauties. [Contemporist] The city’s streets are the seventh worst in the nation, which costs drivers nearly $800 a year in maintenance and repairs. [NYDN] And speaking of bad roads… Queens’ infamous Boulevard of Death (aka Queens Boulevard) is getting […]
Forced to relocate due to rising rents, the iconic Union Square Cafe is moving just a stone’s throw away to 19th Street and Park Avenue South. [6sqft inbox] Never drive around the block looking for a spot again. A new app called Luxe matches users with parking valets. [Business Insider] This cabinet was inspired by mid-century modern architecture. [Design […]
What doesn’t Google know about us? A new feature in Maps called Your Timeline lets you check where you were at any given time. [Mashable] See how much NYC has changed since the 1990s. [ArchDaily] This new poster from Pop Chart Lab is a chart-itectural history of American houses, from 17th century Postmedieval English abodes to 1990s […]
The East Village may no longer be considered Little Germany, but there are still decorative elements that remind us of its rich history. [Off the Grid] An app paired with Bluetooth beacons can help the blind navigate the subway system. [PSFK] Follow one director as he struggles to capture the fast-disappearing essence of the Lower […]
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A new exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image explores the online cat phenomenon and why people can’t get enough of characters like Lil Bub. [DNAinfo] Listen to puppet Johnny T’s rendition of “New York, New York.” Perhaps our favorite line is “So what there’s hipsters here. There’s hipsters… everywhere.” [YouTube] The 820 feet […]
Tetra-Shed: A Portable Wooden Home Office with a Rubber Skin Brand New Photos for Bay Ridge’s Gingerbread House, Now Back on the Market for $11M Day vs. Night: What NYC’s Population Looks Like In New York City Your $100 Is Really Worth Just $81.77 New Video Reveals How SHoP’s 626 First Avenue Will Dance into […]
Take a look inside Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn Heights campaign headquarters. [Politico] Do You Live in a “B*tch” or a “F**k” State? This map shows which states favor which curses. [Gawker] Spend your Saturday touring the historic Spanish and Mexican baroque design of the former Valencia Movie Palace in Queens. [Scouting NY] A little tin and […]
Join Open House NY for a boat tour along “Brooklyn’s coolest SuperFUNd Site” to learn about how one of NYC’s most polluted waterways is being reimagined. [6sqft inbox] The New York Building Congress announced a competition for a redesign of the city’s infamous sidewalk sheds. [Capital NY] You’ll never look at a cardboard box the same again. […]
Starchitect Renzo Piano shows us how to build the perfect sandcastle, an activity that sparked his career in architecture. [The Guardian] And on a related note, meet New York City’s master of modern sandcastles. [CityLab] Here’s how NYC’s coastline will look if the earth warms 2 degrees celsius by the end of the century. [Gizmodo] A […]
Catching up with Jonathan and Drew Scott, better known as HGTV’s “The Property Brothers.” [NYP] These charts show how Americans’ living arrangements have changed since 1967. [BI] A documentary airs tonight on PBS about the 1977 Blackout, when over 1,600 stores were looted and 1,000 fires were started. [Bowery Boogie] Photographer Jeffrey Milstein captures cities using […]
Here are the results of taking a decibel counter to the five biggest art museums in Manhattan. [Bloomberg] The city says all raw fish must be frozen before serving, but secretly most sushi restaurants are doing that anyway. [Gothamist] Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt’s Long Island summer home, has reopened its doors to visitors. [NYO] What does […]
Katie Holmes and Suri Renting a $25,000 Penthouse in Chelsea Construction Update: NYC’s First Micro Apartment Complex Is Now Fully Stacked Jet-Setting Fashionista’s Sprawling Tribeca Loft Shines with Bold Decor VIDEO: Port Authority Was Considered a ‘Milestone of the Century’ When It Opened Construction Update: Robert A.M. Stern’s 220 Central Park South Begins Race into […]
Patience and Fortitude, the NYPL’s marble lions, are now joined by Beauty and Truth, the grand fountains flanking the entrance that just started flowing again. [NYT] Smorgasburg Queens launches tomorrow in Long Island City. [Brownstoner Queens] The designers of the subway station poster talk about the Transit Authority Graphic Standards Manual, Massimo Vignelli, and people’s love […]
Hart Island, the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world, which holds over one million unclaimed bodies, will now allow relatives to visit graves. [NYT] Chatting with the owners of 121 Charles Street, who moved their little country home in 1967 from Yorkville all the way to Greenwich Village, where it remains today. [Off the Grid] Here’s the […]
Here are nine of New York’s most insane unsolved mysteries. [Refinery 29] An East Elmhurst couple turned their garage into a beach-inspired Tiki bar. [DNAinfo] Hurry on over to Ebay and buy your very own bag of Williamsburg air for $40. Just think, the “mystery oxygen” could’ve spent some time on the set of “Girls.” [BK Mag] […]
The C train has the most hot subway cars with broken-down HVAC units. The L has the least. [WNYC] This guy put an en entire winery in his 550-square-foot NYC apartment, and it produces ten different types of wine. [Thrillist] Meet an 89-year-old watch repairman in downtown Manhattan. [Mashable] Time Out is opening a culture and food […]
ShelfPack is a genius suitcase that pulls out into a series of collapsible shelves, which means you never have to actually unpack. [Travel + Leisure] The Studio Museum in Harlem reveals renderings for its new $122 million David Adjaye-designed building on 125th Street. [NYT] Check out the New York Hall of Science’s renovated Great Hall, designed to […]
June’s 10 Most-Read Stories Own a Mansion with Celebrity History on a Private Island Overlooking NYC for $11M Beastie Boy Mike D’s Brilliant Brooklyn Townhouse Can Be Yours for $5.7M Queen Elizabeth Comes to NYC: Royal Family Picks up $8M Apartment at 50 UN Plaza Winston Marshall, Banjoist for Mumford & Sons, Buys $3.2M Nolita […]
Here’s why zip codes have five numbers and what those numbers mean. [BI] The Albert Clock displays math problems that you have to solve in order to tell the time. [Design Milk] Inwood leads the city in illegal fireworks complaints. [DNAinfo] Your daily cup of Joe is going to get a little cheaper. [NYP] Whole Foods […]
The NYPD is pissed at a selfie stick wielding tourist who climbed the Brooklyn Bridge for an Instagram-worthy photo. [Animal] You could downsize, get a Manhattan Mini Storage unit, or you can drop $65,000 on a steel cage in the basement of a luxury building. [Bloomberg Business] See the Manhattan isle fold onto itself like in […]
Puppy porta-potties are popping up in Park Slope. They’re actually kiddie pools filled with soil and sod. [NYP] Today is one second longer than a normal day. Here’s a fun quiz to determine what you should do with your extra second. [BuzzFeed] The iconic Kentile Floors sign may get a new home under the elevated […]
Urban photographer Paul Raphaelson is raising funds on Kickstarter to produce a photobook called “Sweet Ruin: The Brooklyn Domino Sugar Refinery” in which he’ll feature his shots of the abandoned site. [CO] Check out these fun photos from yesterday’s “exultant” Gay Pride Parade 2015. [Gothamist] Though it won’t open for another year, here’s a first look […]
Landmarks Preservation Commission Maps 150 Years of LGBTQ History in Greenwich Village For $1.25M You Can Live Like a Governor’s Daughter in This Historic Victorian Home Are You Rich? The Wealthometer Will Tell You 2,000 NYCHA Apartments Are Vacant Despite 270,000-Name Waiting List Unique Brooklyn Heights Studio Comes with Clever Space-Saving Ideas and a Private […]
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