Month: March 2015
The view from the atop the Triborough’s draw-bridge. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The next time your cousin-twice-removed and his bratty kid come in town and expect you to take them to all of New York City’s top tourist destinations, just have them consult this handy map. Created by computer scientist Randal Olson, it’s optimized for the shortest distance between routes, packing 27 of the city’s most popular […]
Reddit user abadmon31 spotted a poster parodying the famous “Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar” ads and shared a snap on Tuesday. “Dan Smith Will Give You His Guitar,” the poster reads, with the caption, “I’m fucking done, dude.” Reached for comment, a weary-sounding but friendly Dan Smith asked, “Is it the one where I […]
A young man punched an old man in the face for having a “pussy dog,” not pit bulls like his, according to DNAinfo. On March 17, a 65-year-old man was walking his dog on Grand Street near Graham Avenue when a 20-year-old man approached him wanting to pet his dog. At some point, the younger […]
Tuesday’s New York Times ran a story about status-conscious transplants trying to secure phone numbers with 212 area codes so that they don’t look like fresh-off-the-boat peasants. 212, you see, is the oldest, most exclusive New York City area code, a Park Avenue address for your phone. New York has so many phones that another […]
Jonah Parzen-Johnson is a Brooklyn-based baritone saxophonist and synth player who makes something to the effect of experimental folk music. There are elements of Appalachian folk and early electronic music, but the eerie, meditative result is entirely his own. Parzen-Johnson is worried about the deadening effect of nostalgia, and what we can do to stop […]
A photo of kids hitching a ride on the back of a subway train on Monday went modestly viral because of how dumb the kids were being, but eagle-eyed viewers noticed something much more deathly and disturbing in the photo: the spooky SKULL under the train. The creepy robot voice in news UK’s video implies […]
Now even the FAA has a problem with its regulations on small drones. The AP reports that the government agency is “streamlining rules to expedite permits to fly small, commercial unmanned aircraft” after being barraged with complains over the current process. Here’s how the rules will change: Last year, the FAA began granting permits on […]
Overlooked by tourists and free of heavy traffic due to its $7.50 toll, the Triborough Bridge complex makes a great destination for urban exploring. What makes it more interesting than say, the Williamsburg or Manhattan Bridge, is that the Harlem span moves. Its draw-bridge system raises for big boats that need to pass through the […]
While getting priced out is a problem everywhere in New York, the irony is particularly painful in the case of Adele Sarno: The 85-year-old Italian woman is facing eviction by her landlord, the Italian American Museum. DNAinfo reports that Sarno, who has been living in the apartment for 53 years, was given the ultimatum of […]
