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I LEGO N.Y. - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/

New York Moments rendered in Legos

Cute lego representations of nyc things.

NYC broken down to its simplest tiny parts. In Lego. So fucking good. (Thanks Val.)

I LEGO N.Y.

Lego's ability to channel someone's nostalgia for NY. Awesome.

lego

James Widegren is a Swede living in New York City. He is creative director and partner of Your Majesty, a creative agency, and editor-in-chief of NEW INDUSTRY ARTS. Originated threeoh.com, a forum for the promotion of communications media with a focus on design. Founder of May 1st Reboot, an orchestration of collaborative work incorporating at 1,700 sites worldwide constituting the 1st and largest international mass launch in the history of the Web. Studied Information + Advertising in Sweden and is a veteran of Nation, Nisch, Razorfish, Vir2L, Waytion and Big Spaceship. Has won awards like: BDA/Promax, Clios, Webby Awards, The One Show, Cannes Lions, HOW, Art Directors Club and The New York Festivals - for clients like: HBO, Nike, ABC, MoMA, Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures.

Agent Lathan gave out 2,000 high fives by standing next to a subway escalator during the morning rush. Five additional agents spread out along the adjacent stairs, holding signs that prepared commuters for the upcoming high five fun. […] The subway station at 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue can be a nightmare in the morning. Thousands of commuters make a daily transfer from the E or V train to the 6 train. The first part of the transfer involves taking one of two giant escalators, which both run up in the morning to accommodate the huge crowd. […] Everyone is generally in a pretty crappy mood when they’re making this transfer with a herd of other people at the crack of dawn. It was definitely a location in need of a bit of fun.

Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places.

For our latest mission, Agent Lathan gave out 2,000 high fives by standing next to a subway escalator during the morning rush. Five additional agents spread out along the adjacent stairs, holding signs that prepared commuters for the upcoming high five fun

Oh very cute yes. Made me smile, anyway.

Free Craigslist Apartment Search

I'm saving this for the next time I get that open-a-coffee-house/Mac-tech-shop urge.

"I opened a charming neighborhood coffee shop. Then it destroyed my life."

There is a golden rule, long cherished by restaurateurs, for determining whether a business is viable. Rent should take up no more than 25 percent of your revenue, another 25 percent should go toward payroll, and 35 percent should go toward the product. The remaining 15 percent is what you take home.

Documentary photography of New York City, from 1885 to 1958.

Fotos, edificios, vida cotidiana de NY

"We take bridges for granted now, but back in the 1800s, bridges were in beta. They fell. One out of every four bridges… fell""We Are Defined By What We Build The Brooklyn Bridge was built from 1870 until 1883."

Rands posts a nice optimistic counter to current economic gloom, citing the Brooklyn Bridge and other 19th century NYC architecture.

History of the Brooklyn Bridge

Truly inspiring

We need a new version of ourselves and that’s going to involve bright, unexpected ideas from those we least expect them from, and they’re going to strike you as impossible. All you need to do to understand these terrifyingly ambitious ideas is to look back at what we’ve already done to understand what we can do.

Dot Com!

People can be such a-holes. This great site proves it.

Funny. This guy just takes pictures of people on the underground who are sitting in a seat for disabled people and are not clearly disabled.

やばい

Smart use of social media to rise awareness on the topic

Photographer Peter Funch

Ah, the wonders of Photoshop.

www.peterfunch.com

Artist photos NY corners for 2wk periods, photoshops toegether images of thematically linked people

One of the 10,000 things I miss about living in Portland - HIPSTERGAZING.

oh my goodness whoever made this must certainly be good at making things wink nudge

tomc: "Pre computed isochrones for 128k start points. Brute force wins."

ages 9 and up

How to make a passport

Images finger-drawn on an iPhone, using the Brushes application

Eater's Coverage of Bruniocalypse Props to Eater for yesterday's coverage of Frank Bruni's impending departure as the New York Times restaurant critic, or, as they're calling it, the "Bruniocalypse." In contrast to the generic "here's the news, what do you think?" sort of post, Eater's coverage has been, by far, the most comprehensive — from tracking reactions on the twittersphere and boards, to asking the vital question if Bruni will crown one more four-star, to getting responses from William Tigertt and David Chang, to writing the ultimate Brunibetting on who'll replace King Brunz. Hats off.

These maps of Manhattan look uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th

Here & There is a project by S&W exploring speculative projections of dense cities. These maps of Manhattan look uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th. They're intended to be seen at those same places, putting the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it where she stands, both looking down and looking forward.

A horizonless projection of Manhattan, where the whole city is visible recurring to an artificial rounding of the horizon line.

Speculative projections for dense cities

Amsterdam - New York henryhudson400.com

This site was created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's legendary voyage for the Dutch to the Hudson River and New York. The unique character of New York City, originally New Amsterdam, has been shaped by the legacy of the multiethnic and tolerant culture of 17th century Amsterdam. Besides celebrating the historic event with a series of special events in 2009, Henry Hudson 400 will promote future ties between these two great cities which are linked by their shared belief in the value of free, diverse, and entrepreneurial societies.

Henry Hudson 400 New York and Amsterdam were created in 2006 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's legendary voyage for the Dutch to the Hudson River and New York. The unique character of New York City, originally New Amsterdam, has been shaped by the legacy of the multiethnic and tolerant culture of 17th century Amsterdam. Besides celebrating the historic event with a series of special events in 2009, Henry Hudson 400 will promote future ties between these two great cities which are linked by their shared belief in the value of free, diverse, and entrepreneurial societies. (photo credit: View of New Amsterdam, Johannes Vingboons, around 1665, Nationaal Archief - National Archives of the Netherlands)

Henry Hudson 400 has taken a selection of rare maps and documents, and in collaboration with Google, overlaid them onto contemporary Google maps of the same areas. The site features 32 historical maps of the 17th-century Dutch trading empire and New Amsterdam. Users will find planning and survey maps of New York City and Amsterdam, historical world maps and illustrations, and charts tracing Hudson’s four voyages (1607–11) to the New World. Each of the maps and charts has a paragraph describing its origins and importance. The maps tell the story of 17th-century exploration and the history of the early Dutch settlement of New York. On Hudson’s third voyage (1609), ice storms near the North Pole forced a U-turn that led the explorer and the crew on his boat, the Half Moon, to drop anchor along “Manna hata,” or “Land of the Hills,” which led to the first Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. The overlay of the historic maps over Google allows users to follow Hudson on each of his journeys.

These beautiful historical maps, overlaid on Google contemporary maps of the same areas, will be part of a spectacular Rare Maps exhibition on the early history of New York, opening at the South St. Seaport Museum (NY) in September 2009. This date marks 400 years since captain Henry Hudson dropped anchor near what the natives called Manna Hata, or ‘Land of the Hills’.

(google) map vergelijking oud-nieuw New York

This is a Google maps mash up with historical maps overlays - of the sort you could previously only do in Google Earth. I'm not sure how they did this or if teachers can replicate it, but this is a great history resource in and of itself.

Infográfico com informações sobre assasinatos em Nova York,

Ever wish you knew exactly where to stand on the subway to arrive at your exit? Front? Back? Middle? Plan where to stand accordingly with Exit Strategy NYC and shave minutes off your trip!

pushing commuting speeds to an absolute limit

Aiming "to be a better apartment finding alternative to Craigslist", Manhattan-only RentHop publishes available pads being marketed directly by landlords and mgmt companies, while excluding brokers entirely to avoid the spammy posts and bait-and-switch chicanery they've unleashed on Craig's and earlier sites.

apartment search . no brokers . only landlords . has maps

地下鉄AR

se acabaron los mapas

地下鉄、AR

iPhoneでAR地下鉄ガイド。 コンセプトと実用性の落とし込みのバランスがすごく絶妙だ。 必見。 ただ、日本だとソフトバンクは地下圏外が多いのが偶にキズ。

The Abandoned & Industrial Edges of New York

Really nicely done. Via Shaunrx.

Cool

Gorgeous map of NYC subway ridership over time

cups bags napkins with witty text

Compare Parking Rates Daily/Monthly Garages Lots NYC Boston New York

You need to park your car and you're crunched for time. You're not in a position to comparison shop parking rates. Thankfully BestParking has already crunched the numbers for you and can help you find the best rate.

NYC Grid is a photo blog dedicated to exploring and discovering The City of New York block by block and corner by corner. Updated every weekday, each post covers a new block with a focus on the mundane and ephemeral.

Fascinating concept!

Looking forward to discovering your city through a different perspective ? Why not let your nose guide you through the city ?

scents of the city

New York secretes its fullest range of smells in the summer; disgusting or enticing, delicate or overpowering, they are liberated by the heat. So one sweltering weekend, I set out to navigate the city by nose.

New York City Homicides Map - The New York Times

a macabre map... murders in new york

Each day, the New York Police Department announces major crimes, including most homicides, in the five boroughs. This data is compiled from those reports, in addition to news accounts, court records and additional reporting. The map will be updated as new information becomes available.

Can you pick out which is the real sauce in the pic above?

more details on the sauce

for men!

@umairh try ttp://www.mensflair.com/shopping-guide/a-new-dashing-tailor-discovered.php, or for NYC http://www.thechoosybeggar.com/ [from http://twitter.com/PaulSweeney/statuses/3246200872]

A frank shopping guide to all the sales, deals, and trends fit for New York Men

sales - menswear - ny

project pages have an interesting horizontal slideshow navigation

Schulze describes some of the influences behind the projection prints of NYC. I loved these maps at first sight, but missed this in-depth piece shedding light on some of the thinking behind them.

A great example of the erudition that Schulze and Webb display. "I’ve been observing the look and mechanisms in maps since I began working in graphic design. For individuals, and all kinds of companies, cities are an increasing pre-occupation. Geography is the new frontier. Wherever I look in the tech industry I see material from architects and references and metaphors from the urban realm. Here & There draws from that, and also exploits and expands upon the higher levels of visual literacy born of television, games, comics and print."

From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks is releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

"WikiLeaks is releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. [...] Text pagers are usualy carried by persons operating in an official capacity. Messages in the archive range from Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults at investment banks inside the World Trade Center"

If you're planning a trip to New York City, you need travel advice from someone who knows her way around. Because while there's a lot to do in New York Cityplenty of iconic places to eat and drink and seethere are also a lot of things not to do...

Good advice from NYC cop.

Anyway, here's some helpful tips for the next time someone jacks your shit. 1) Pay attention. Granted, you weren't paying attention to start with or you wouldn't have gotten mugged, but now that you've been hit from behind / had a gun shoved in your face, pay attention. 2) Follow directions. Give the friendly mugger what he wants. Don't talk back or fight. In all likelyhood, you're a pussy hipster retard, and are, by NYC law, unarmed. 3) You've been paying attention right? Remember some simple things in this order: sex, clothing color, clothing type, headwear, and direction of flight. … In conclusion: Don't be stupid, pay attention, call the cops, and don't be a dick.

NY情報

what, a nyt article names itself on delicious? anyways, good stuff

"For visitors, however, these can be seriously intimidating numbers. Even if you’re not aiming for high-end Manhattan indulgence, the basic costs of lodging, transportation, food, shopping and entertainment are the most expensive in the nation."

Referred to from Shirley Chong's Twitter post.

Interesting stuff here if we end up going to NYC for New Years.

By night, Joe Ades dines with his fourth wife at exclusive restaurants, sips Veuve Clicquot at the Pierre, and goes home to a three-bedroom Park Avenue apartment. By day, he is something else altogether. At 72, the “peeler guy” in the Turnbull & Asser shirts is a New York legend.

ohno! Joe Ades, the peeler salesman of Manhattan has died. RIP. http://bit.ly/ib6Z http://bit.ly/LHCF

great article.

sources on building a pizza oven

Building a back yard pizza oven

Excellent abstract tattoos.

site of a woman who freelances visual merchandising for anthro

estudio de NY, que hace decoraciones manuales

Nice post about what not to do. It actually might be very accurate as some of what is said is supported by people that live there that I know.

current happy hours.

For DC please?

Enter your zip, get information on where there are BYOW restaurants

Lets you bring your own wine to specific restaurants (currently over 17000)

GoByo.com: Guide to SAN FRANCISCO (San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose areas) restaurants that allow you to BRING YOUR OWN (BYO) WINE including phone numbers, addresses, cuisines, price levels, days open, maps, reviews, websites and corkage fees.

The easiest way to find restaurants that allow you to BRING YOUR OWN WINE (BYO)

Welcome Guest! Sign In Sign up for news The easiest way to find restaurants that allow you to BRING YOUR OWN WINE (BYO) GoBYO.com provides unique Wine-Friendly Ratings, illuminating Composite Ratings, corkage fees, phone numbers, cuisines, features, price ranges, days open and maps...plus links to restaurant websites and reviews.

"A day in the life of New York City, in miniature" tilt-shift-film.

oooooo!

The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe

great night photos of cities

Map and walking tour of indie bookstores in NUC

Aa map for a walking tour of NYC's independent book stores.

The Millions has a walking tour of independent bookstores left in nYc. http://bit.ly/uvVsT I love the list, but sad that it's so small.

Despite the vagaries of the business, independent bookstores continue to open, and to serve as hubs for communities real and imagined.

Walking Tour of New York's Independent Bookstores

It would be belaboring the obvious to say the last two years have been tough times for the bookmen and bookwomen. And yet, despite the vagaries of the business, independent bookstores continue to open, and to serve as hubs for communities real and imagined. I'll spare you the exegesis on why I think this matters - we've covered that ground in the original post, and elsewhere. Instead, I'd like to offer you a new and improved edition of the Walking Tour. You can still find brief descriptions of many of the stops in our first "Islands in the Stream Post," but the route we've charted has changed, and we've added new stops, with new descriptions below. In addition, through the magic of modern technology, we've created an information-rich online map of the tour.

“She has this thing with guys where she talks about sex really upfront and kind of puts people off balance,” said Joe. (It was also around November that a guy named Troy was at Union Pool, the Williamsburg bar, when the bartender passed him a note from another customer. It read, “I want to give you a hand job with my mouth,” and was signed “Korean Abdul-Jabbar.” It was, according to Troy, from Ms. Ferrell. Another time, a patron at Fabiane’s, the café on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, said Ms. Ferrell passed him a note which read: “I want you to throw a hot dog down my hall.”)

polaroid photographs.. interesting

NewYork Polaroid

NewYork City Polaroid Project

This site intends to survey all of the signs in New York City from 14th Street to 42nd Street.

A map of 4000 restaurants and bars in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and beyond

"Displaying information from the restaurant and bar sections of nymag.com."

NYC Food Map! Displaying information from the restaurant and bar sections of nymag.com.

a blog about coffee and coffeeshops in NYC

Go Marshall! woop woop

Courtesy of Ting, I bring you really fun improv. (make sure to read the comment about the pay phone girl XD)

This work is at once a heroic call to solidarity and a hopeful ode to the future. The diverse collection of pipes, flocking together chaotically from all across the platform, can only burst through the wall once they’ve banded together.

googlemapped rental statistics

recipes

recipe porn...

fancy NY restaurant recipe archive!

Archive of italian recipes

lady gaga

that title above pretty much says it all ;)

RT @mikeymo1741: Lady Gaga is no lady, methinks.... #idol <<< fascinating NYM article on her - http://ow.ly/1Hz0i

i would read this, except i'd have to IP each page or put up with ridiculous characters that pop up in the clickability link. boooo

Tweet Tweet Boom Boom A new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the city is trying to overthrow old media and build a better New York—with the help of their iPhones. Are they dreaming? Definitely. But in a good way

Dina Kaplan '93 mentioned in later part of the article

Mentions Dina Kaplan '93

looks like it's worth a skim

Go to a party for an “old” media company, and there can often seem to be a cloud of doom hanging over the proceedings. It can seem like half the guests have been laid off and the other half fear they still could be. The talk is of cutbacks and making do with less and paradigm shifts whose conclusions are, inevitably, the death of the industry.

Interviews with 30 chefs provided dozens of burger-making lessons for the home cook that aren’t terribly difficult and don’t cost much money. And it all yielded the ideal burger.

Over the last decade or so, there has hardly been a serious chef in America who hasn’t taken a shot at reinventing or improving it. They have trained their skills on every element, from the precise grind of beef to the ketchup and pickles. Some have turned their bakers loose on reformulating the bun.

When the random urge for live music strikes, your choice of band's usually determined by unreliable indicators, like whether you like the venue, or whether the band has a cool name -- which explains why you're constantly moshing to the Butthole Surfers. Make smarter calls, with EffingMusic.com.

photos urban

Fede stemningsbilleder fra NYC

You’ve probably passed it a million times in your travels through downtown Manhattan. Anyone who has ever visited J&R Row or hit the Starbucks on the opposite corner for a post-Brooklyn-Bridge-walk bathroom break has probably noticed its twin towers, and perhaps wondered how much its wealthy tenants must pay to live behind its beautiful brick and terra-cotta facade.

5 Beekman Street doesn’t have any tenants. In fact, it’s completely empty, essentially abandoned, and has been for a decade, with much of the interior shuttered since 1940…

New York City from Above [PHOTOS] http://bit.ly/bI7GiY via @kenverburg

Recent photos above Manhattan.

New York desde lo alto

fotos de Nueva York desde el aire

Stunning images.

13 jul 2010

New York City from Above [PHOTOS] http://bit.ly/bI7GiY via @kenverburg – Erik van Roekel (evr) http://twitter.com/evr/statuses/19316830682

New York City from Above [PHOTOS] http://bit.ly/bI7GiY via @kenverburg

13 jul 2010

New York City from Above [PHOTOS] http://bit.ly/bI7GiY via @kenverburg – Erik van Roekel (evr) http://twitter.com/evr/statuses/19316830682