where you gotta go today? #NYC #subway

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

this says it all:

Thank You Snowmaggedon!

THE guy who makes all the #NYC Parks tools – #blacksmith

Monday, August 9th, 2010

This guy rocks my forging world! Anyone know how to get ahold of him? He should be in World Maker Faire! Guess I might have to make a trip to Central Park soon, track him down.

the Sunnyside Yard is 100 years old ( #Queens #trains ) #fb

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

NYC still has some incredible raw infrastructure, it’s not all glossed over and made into hip chic neighborhoods. However that’s what the plan is, actually. But for now the Sunnyside Yard sits exposed, and this year marks its 100th anniversary! One of my favorite areas of the city, of the borough, this yard is just down the block and across a bridge, and I visit it often.

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they should call it the New York City College of 8-bit Technology

Monday, June 28th, 2010

seen on Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn, this mosaic clearly comes from a time of yore, maybe before “technology” was really what we know if it today, in terms of HD video, capacitive touchscreens, and widgets-everything. Still, it’s kinda cute (actually, it’s totally awesome!).

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what’s not to like about Gotham? ( #gotham #nyc #gif )

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

No matter how crazy this city gets, it’s never worth leaving else you’ll miss scenes like this! I didn’t notice until I dumped these photos onto my computer that the two sets of window lights went on in the second frame while they were off in the first (I normally take at least two or three shots of the same photo to get one that is most-steady and framed the way I like, but in this case they make a wonderful GIF) – which also makes one realize that behind each of those windows, in every building, someone lives or works there.

Gotham is FULL of lives.

proof this recession is Awesome

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Jeff Koons sculpture Green Diamond (2004) was bought for a reported $12 million recently, and now it adorns the penthouse terrace of an Upper East Side building:

(via Curbed)

Meanwhile, below the streets, the MTA plans on cutting 360 maintenance and managerial jobs by 2010 including subway car cleaners and station cleaners.

(NYPost article)

and lastly, no recession is complete without a diamond-encrusted remote-controlled lamborghini neck chain piece. POW: