Retrace All Your Past Steps with Google Maps; The City Looked a Lot Different in the 1990s

July 22, 2015
  • 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 McMansions. [6sqft inbox]
  • The Whitney has a recreation of ’80s and ’90s Alphabet City bar King Tut’s Wah-Wah Hut. [EV Grieve]
  • Fontus is a bicycle device that uses solar cells to collect moisture from the air and turn it into drinkable water as you bike. [Mental Floss]
  • Have you seen the 17-foot-tall stack of bagels sitting in the middle of the Village? [Untapped]

Images: Your Timeline via Mashable (L); 835 Washington Street in the Meatpacking District © G.Alessandrini

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