“Ken” is on “a quest to transform the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn into a Super Mario World map.” He’s been mapping the L and M trains. He planted a pizza for our beloved Roberta’s. He pixelled in Maria Hernandez Park and The Loom. And now littering the streets with cans of PBR for some reason (Why?) […]
Back in the 80’s, shows like Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock kept it real, teaching children from an early age that everyone they love will eventually rot in the ground alone after dying a slow, painful death. Here is an adorable supercut of Fraggles talking about death. A lot. […]
Da Nang, Vietnam can now lay claim to holding the world’s largest bridge in the shape of a dragon. Built to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the bridge cost $85 million, is about a tenth of a mile long and six traffic lanes wide, contains 2,500 LED lights, and […]
That’s the question this nifty interactive site tries to answer, placing a 100px Earth into space, then showing exactly how far it is to the moon and Mars, all within the confines of your browser. Even if you aren’t a space buff and/or design/development nerd, it’s worth a watch just for all the pretty scrolling. […]
Getting a bike lane across the Verrazano Bridge is just as likely as it was last October, when activists publicly advocated for its construction–that is to say, it almost certainly isn’t going to happen. But that isn’t stopping cycling diehards from continuing to push, as evidenced by a nearly 1,000-signature petition to Andrew Cuomo that has […]
Staten Islanders and Financial District denizens, rejoice: though repairs to the new South Ferry station, ravaged by Hurricane Sandy will still take up to three years, the old station is up and running on the 1 train as of 5AM today. In case you missed it, here’s hurricane footage from the new station that shows […]
Ben, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Astronomy was on the mind of this random NYC street inquirer. (Photo: William Ward/Flickr) […]
At 3pm yesterday, NYPD, state police, and DEA agents arrived at a Long Island City warehouse, seized 1,000 pot plants, arrested the heinous criminals that were growing the crop, and rolled out, thus bringing to an end the weed addiction epidemic that’s been plaguing New York for decades. What are you going to do with […]
Glory, hallelujah: in an interview with Acclaim magazine, RiFF RAFF revealed he and Spring Breakers auteur Harmony Korine are working together on a book based on the rapper’s prodigious Twitter feed. Apparently, the tome will feature Korine’s interpretations of @JODYHiGHROLLER‘s oft-inscrutable, always-amazing Tweets. Some recent entries that could be ripe for reinterpretation: “STEP UP TO THE PLATE, AND BE A […]
