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.
While Staten Island might not be a utopia, it sure has some beautiful and interesting areas. I could spend hours on Forgotten New York‘s website. It’s filled with fascinating places that really should never be forgotten.
Officially opening in early September, Brooklyn Boulders, the new indoor climbing gym in Brooklyn, will have a scalable Brooklyn Bridge. The website is a bit of an eyesore, but check it out anyway.
Over the last eight months and brazen subway robber has hit 14 victims. His main course of attack is to hit those that are preoccupied with other things. Police said the suspect — a black man in his 20s — held up his latest victim on the “F” train in Jamaica, Queens. The suspect targets [...]
If you’ve ever wondered what New York City would be like without its subways, look no further. If you replaced the morning rush hour traffic with cars instead of mass transit, it would be a huge nightmare. – from 8:00AM to 8:59 AM on an average Fall day in 2007 the NYC Subway carried 388,802 [...]
If you’re bored at work and want something to occupy your time, check out TrafficLand. They have numerous traffic feeds from around Manhattan.
Manhattan now has New York City’s first real time bus information as a first step in equipping the city with smart bus stops. Bloomberg and the MTA unveiled eight bus shelters with electronic countdown displays that tell riders just hour many minutes away their bus is. “All 30 buses on the M34 and the M16 [...]
Helena Williams, the MTA’s interim executive director, says that a fare increase on the MTA is possible after bus and subway drivers received an 11.3% pay rise over the next three years. The MTA’s financial plan calls for fare hikes in 2011 and 2013 but doesn’t account for the $350 million cost of the new [...]
