Tag: WINTER
Temperatures are expected to reach the low 60s in New York on Wednesday, so icy wind and snow on the ground may be mercifully behind us. Thus, Brighton Beach winter kite surfing is over, too. Say goodbye to winter by watching these guys make the best of it. “We need to get our fix. Advanced […]
America was once broken, tattered and torn. The cold came in and killed all that was good and noble and free atop the Brooklyn Bridge. But the Department of Transportation has vanquished the evil and restored our symbol of pride: #NYCDOT raises new American flags on top of the #BrooklynBridge today, a refreshing sight after […]
As noted by Curbed, famed music venue Roseland Ballroom is currently suffering a slow and painful death before it reincarnates into a bunch of condos. ANIMAL took a drone to site of urban gloom and doom to witness the erie beauty of exposed beams firsthand. The skeletal structure looks like an iced-over, abandoned Noah’s Ark. […]
It’s been a cold, snowy winter, and every time a warm few days threatens to melt the perpetual snow cover, another storm comes and drops more. Based on data from the National Weather Service, the New York Times created this nifty animated infographic that tracks the amount of snow on the ground across the five boroughs and […]
…but so picturesque. As New Yorkers brave the cold, we should check our modern day privilege, occasionally. Remember how toilsome NYC storms were in the 1800s? In 1905, some weather happened again! It wasn’t 9 degrees… But this is what it looked like. Above, is the Flatiron Building archived on Shorpy. And this is “Fifth Avenue after a snow storm.” Here’s […]
Not much to say with this one: the good people of Thrash Lab (who previously made this gorgeous document of pumpkin carnage) went to Tahoe to show you the 10 most brutal ways to destroy a snowman. Naturally, everything is filmed in gorgeous slow motion, and with the eerily warm winter we’re having, all this […]
