This photo is an accurate depiction of the debate that’s currently raging. And a quote from a redditor. As a guy who has been living less than 2 miles from the WTC for about 20 years, let me say that no one I know in downtown Manhattan is opposed to this Mosque in any way, [...]
This is an absolutely moving speech in defense of tolerance and freedom. We should build the Muslim community center and continue the New York City tradition of tolerance for your fellow human beings. With the mosque getting final approval, those that continue to oppose it should be ashamed and embarrassed of themselves. The religion did [...]
Atheism ads ran on New York City buses in July, now, they’re running in the subways. The dozen subway stations where the ads are running are: 14th Street-Sixth Avenue 14th Street-Seventh Avenue 14th Street-Eighth Avenue 23rd Street-Eighth Avenue Pennsylvania Station (three ads) 86th Street-Lexington Avenue 96th Street-Lexington Avenue 42nd Street-Sixth Avenue/Bryant Park 66th Street-Broadway/Lincoln Center [...]
Brooklyn’s Urban Beekeepers: Breaking The Law For The Planet (Part I) from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Sometimes laws are meant to be broken. Meet a passionate crew of illegal urban beekeepers in Brooklyn, New York working on their very first honey harvest for their restaurants. Find out why raising bees on NYC rooftops is important for [...]
The Telectroscope is a large series of mirrors, located between New York and London that allows people to instantly communicate with one another. The inventor of it went insane and died. Here, Andy Jordan dons steampunk garb to take a look across the Atlantic.
There are many things that you never would have suspected lie beneath the harbor, including a 350-foot steamship, 1,600 bars of silver, a freight train, and four-foot-long cement-eating worms. In 1865, a freight train was carrying baggage and failed to realize that the Peekskill drawbridge was open, killing two men. Dead bodies, surveillance systems, stripped [...]
Brooklyn native, Ronny Beberman, one of the last real seltzer delivery man left in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, he fell off his truck, the first time that’s ever happened to him in nearly 40 years of work, and now his clients are left without proper seltzer. Mr. Beberman drives the last real seltzer truck in New York, [...]
Flickr user, Straatis, has a nice collection of photos of New York City, broken down by years. If you’ve got some time, consider browsing this phenomenal collection. I miss the days when kids were actually allowed to play and create their own adventures. 1948 – Boy Jumping into the Hudson River by Ruth Orkin 1938 [...]
Ever wonder what Manhattan looked like before it was full of buildings and skyscrapers? The Mannahatta Project has done that for you. An interactive map and website, you can explore all points in Manhattan to see what it used to look like. “The goal of the Mannahatta Project has never been to return Manhattan to [...]
The 1940s is considered the golden age of New York City and Life Magazine has a nice gallery of photos of the time. LIFEembedDrawGallery(23782);
