Add this to the list of neuroses New Yorkers are talking about in therapy in this week, we’re horrible at dealing with earthquakes. Several high rise buildings were evacuated after yesterday’s short tremors for safety precautions, but it turns out that it’s probably better to stay inside because the debris that falls off skyscrapers is often the most dangerous part of earthquakes. Read more »
NYC wanderer Joey Boots captured footage on the Upper East Side Tuesday of what he describes as a shoplifter being detained by Duane Reade security. But just when you think the young man has no chance of breaking free, his accomplices return to help, at which point he escapes back into the wild, albeit shirtless. Read more »
The Straphangers Campaign completed their annual survey crowning the J/Z line best subway in New York City. The trains that runs from lower Manhattan to Jamaica Center won the top spot from the six time champion 7 train. Read more »
Peep this giant 4.9 x 2.3 x 1.3-foot 3D sculpture of the olde Solitaire win screen, oghhh! Oslo, Norway-based experimental design team Skrekkøgle presents: Solitaire. It’s built from 1000+ “playing cards” of black foam and paper, cut and taped together and it’s marvelous. Read more »
Half a decade since renowned war journalist and Kremlin corruption critic Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in her stairwell, a retired Russian cop has been arrested on suspicion of organizing the killing. After years of mysterious dead ends, shoddy investigation and botched trials, this latest development only worsens the notorious rumors of government involvement in the slaying. Read more »
New York pizza is the best. Fuck Chicago and any other city that thinks that they make a better pie than us. Just today, Bushwick’s Roberta’s pizza got two stars from Sam Sifton in the New York Times’ dining section. So needless to say, we take our pizza very seriously — some more than others. Read more »
This latest video from New York City photographer/filmer Jacob Breinholt aptly dubbed “Slow Hair,” features the super-slow-motion hair whipping of his wife, Reagan, captured on a thousand-frame-per-second Photron camera. Read more »
NPR has a review up today of an AP story that tells how the post-9/11 NYPD changed from a local police organization into a worldwide spy agency staffed with former CIA employees. According to investigative journalist Matt Puzzo, the New York’s Finest has close working relationships with international intelligence agencies as far flung as Lyon and Tel Aviv. Read more »
The Bristol University Law School wants to get conversational on Banksy’s street art. The academics have decided, based on the work’s local popularity, international hype, documented presentational efforts and angry hoopla whenever a stencil gets accidentally whitewashed, it all “should be considered part of Britain’s heritage and given legal protection.” Read more »
Although there’s certainly a lot of activity seen in this time-lapse video detailing the construction of the 9/11 Memorial between 2004 and 20011, it’s also a testament to excruciating snail-like pace that has beset the WTC site. Remember this is eight years worth of work.
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