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How do you demolish a skyscraper in NYC? We look at some international best practices including implosion, manual, wrecking ball and more.
The "Giant of Boston" mural by Brasilian artists Os Gemeos will be replaced in September after brightening the RFK Greenway for 18 months.
We're ecstatic about the release of PLUTO data, and even more excited by Andrew Hill's beautiful maps that synthesize the data into wonderful illustrations.
We got a tip in the Untapped Mailbag about a "staircase that leads to nowhere" in Riverside Park so we went to check it out.
A round-up of abandoned NYC subway stations rendered obsolete as the system grew or ones that were never used when plans were changed.
Can getting a DNA test be as swift and simple as walking up to a truck? Health Stree uses two RVs to roam the streets of New York, seven days a week.
Today Mayor Bloomberg announced the creation of a Jamaica Bay Science and Resilience Institute and a public-private Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy.
Tomorrow, Elastic City will host an event to explore the relationship of a small independent library, Reanimation Library to the neighborhood of Gowanus
We explore the extensive process of harbor dredging to deepen waterways like the Ambrose Channel, which will hopefully be ready to receive larger ships by 2014.
Gregoire Alessandrini's photos from the 1990s of NYC's Meatpacking District shows the gritty, industrial place it once was.