Month: February 2015
My first helicopter flight, scheduled for 1:30PM on Saturday with NYonAir, was cancelled – as soon as we got to the Kearny, N.J. heliport, a heavy snowstorm rolled in. With zero visibility, we weren’t going anywhere. So NYonAir kindly rebooked us for the next day, as one member of our group had a flight to […]
Eric Fisher, a man who turns human movement into art through his unique maps, has created an interactive world map that shows how tourists and locals occupy major cities via their tweets. For “Tourists & Locals,” Fisher mapped geo-tagged tweets between September 2011 and May 2013 and ascribed a blue color to locals and the […]
One of the city’s best commuter options, the East River Ferry, was forced to shut down its operations earlier today due to the arctic-like ice buildup all along the East River. Due to ice, we are suspending service until further notice. Please see our web advisory before traveling, as conditions may change abruptly. — East […]
An Oregon man who stopped to take a selfie on train tracks along the Kalama River has died after being hit by an Amtrak train. CBS reports that the man was accompanied by a woman on his trek from Tacoma to Portland when the two stopped to take a smoking break. Cowlitz County Sheriff’s deputy […]
On Saturday it snowed again in New York. Here are some closeups of what snowflakes looked like in some of the city’s trendiest neighborhoods. ANIMAL documented the various flakes in action using a DSLR I hacked with the Pentax 25mm 1.4 TV lens that’s usually found in 1″ CCTV security cameras. Check out ANIMAL’s previous […]
A lawsuit brought against Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club alleges that dancers are being stiffed of minimum wage and tips. The New York Post reports that the claim says that dancers are illegally classified as “independent contractors” rather than as employees, which prevents them from making minimum wage. The suit also argues that dancers are missing […]
After an earnings report by yellow-cab money lender Medallion Financial Corp. showed profits, financial analysts and the media saw it as a sign that taxis have successfully fended off the threats of app companies like Uber and Lyft. But, according to Crain’s New York, the report doesn’t show us the whole picture. And, when we […]
The Parks Department wants to add two new surf-only beaches in Rockaway. If approved, the proposal would double the number of year-round surfer-only beaches in New York City. Since 2005, surfing has been allowed between Beaches 67th and Beach 69th streets. Another surf-only beach opened in 2007 between Beach 87th and Beach 92nd streets. The […]
Shelby, Union Square. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
