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May 22

laughingsquid:

The Night Heron, A Speakeasy Hidden in a Rooftop Water Tower in Manhattan

laughingsquid:

The Night Heron, A Speakeasy Hidden in a Rooftop Water Tower in Manhattan

May 14

laughingsquid:

Recreation of CBGB’s Bathroom at The Met’s PUNK: Chaos to Couture

laughingsquid:

Recreation of CBGB’s Bathroom at The Met’s PUNK: Chaos to Couture

May 13

laughingsquid:

Seamless.com Creates Fake Promo Menu For ‘Arrested Development’ Banana Stand Opening in New York

laughingsquid:

Seamless.com Creates Fake Promo Menu For ‘Arrested Development’ Banana Stand Opening in New York

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May 03

laughingsquid:

Jim Power Launches Indiegogo Project to Rebuild His Mosaic Trail in New York City’s East Village

laughingsquid:

Jim Power Launches Indiegogo Project to Rebuild His Mosaic Trail in New York City’s East Village

Apr 30

hyperallergic:

The End of a Free Cooper Union

Today, a representative of the Cooper Union board announced that they will be reducing all scholarships by 50% for next year.

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hyperallergic:

The End of a Free Cooper Union

Today, a representative of the Cooper Union board announced that they will be reducing all scholarships by 50% for next year.

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Apr 29

minusmanhattan:

New York Arbor by Mitch Epstein. I used to walk by this particular tree every day when I lived in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and always thought it was an oddity. 
Check out Epstein’s book here. 

minusmanhattan:

New York Arbor by Mitch Epstein

I used to walk by this particular tree every day when I lived in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and always thought it was an oddity. 

Check out Epstein’s book here

Check out these vintage subway beer ads at the Transit Museum

brewyork:

We went to the New York Transit Museum over the weekend. You’d think this has very little to do with beer, but beer advertising has always been commonplace on the subway (aside from, you know, those few years of prohibition). The subway cars on display at the museum carry period-specific advertising, so naturally, beer ads are part of the hundreds of ads.

These days on the subway, we’re overwhelmed with ads from Budweiser more than any other brewer. But back in the 1950s and 1960s, subways displayed ads for the breweries of yore, like Pennsylvania’s Yuengling, Rochester’s Genessee, Brooklyn-based brewery Rheingold, and Guinness, which was brewed in Long Island City, Queens from 1943 to 1954. Here are the ads we spotted…

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laughingsquid:

Taxi-Hailing Service Hailo Launches Pilot Program in NYC

Cause sticking your arm up in the air is just too hard.

laughingsquid:

Taxi-Hailing Service Hailo Launches Pilot Program in NYC

Cause sticking your arm up in the air is just too hard.

Apr 27

Full house at the Bubbling Crock: Lacto Fermentation class #brooklynskillshare2013 #sauerkraut #gowanus  (at Gowanus Ballroom)

Full house at the Bubbling Crock: Lacto Fermentation class #brooklynskillshare2013 #sauerkraut #gowanus (at Gowanus Ballroom)

Apr 26

humansofnewyork:

The “Humans of New York Community” received a proclamation yesterday at City Hall for its “outstanding support of the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA and of all of New York City.” And the proclamation didn’t even mention the timeless Christopher Walken Rex that we bequeathed upon our fair city.

Boss.

humansofnewyork:

The “Humans of New York Community” received a proclamation yesterday at City Hall for its “outstanding support of the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA and of all of New York City.” And the proclamation didn’t even mention the timeless Christopher Walken Rex that we bequeathed upon our fair city.

Boss.

Apr 25

FREE WIFI IN SOME STATIONS! Finally! Thank you. Its 2013 for fuck’s sake. 

FREE WIFI IN SOME STATIONS! Finally! Thank you. Its 2013 for fuck’s sake. 

Apr 24

laughingsquid:

Ride the City, A Mapping Service That Encourages Safe Cycling

laughingsquid:

Ride the City, A Mapping Service That Encourages Safe Cycling

Apr 23

nonconcept:

The city that never sleeps. NY.

nonconcept:

The city that never sleeps. NY.

(via pmotta)

Apr 22

Brooklyn Skillshare: 2013 Brooklyn Skillshare -

brooklynskillshare:

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Saturday, April 27th 10am-7pm @ Gowanus Ballroom (55 9th Street in Brooklyn)!


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