11 NYC Bridges Built Just For Pedestrians and Bikers
Strolling across NYC’s iconic bridges rank high on the list of quintessential NYC activities. Here are some built for pedestrians and bikers exclusively in mind.
MorePope Francis Visit: The Time that Michelangelo’s Pieta Was Displayed in NYC
In 1964, Michelangelo’s Pieta made a journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows NYC on display in the Vatican Pavilion.
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Head to Astoria Queens for Everything Ukulele at the Uke Hut
Billed as the “first ukulele store in New York,” Uke Hut is also the only ukulele specialty store in NYC, located on a nondescript block of Astoria, Queens.
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A One-of-a-Kind Piece by Alexander Calder Stays Put on a Madison Avenue Sidewalk
We know Alexander Calder for his large-scale mobile sculptures but NYC can also claim Calder’s only terrazzo piece and possibly his only immobile sculpture
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Daily What?! The Miniature Brooklyn Bridge of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
A wooden miniature Brooklyn Bridge is an unexpected addition to a Cobble Hill sidewalk, showing us once again that New York street art comes in all sizes.
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Gowanus Smith-9th Street Bridge Transforms into Light Installation for One Week
The Smith-9th Street Bridge as “Spectrum II” from George Del Barrio, Vanderbilt Republic
From tonight until January 23rd, the Smith-9th Street bridge transforms from its typical concrete structure to a background of colorful pattern. A half-mile wide and 90-feet tall “photographic monument” drenches the bridge as George Del Barrio, of creative agency Vanderbilt Republic, and …
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Daily What?! The World’s Largest Garnet Was Found in the NYC Subway
Today, the “Subway Garnet” resides at the American Museum of Natural History
In 1885, a press sensation erupted over the discovery of the “Subway Garnet” or Kunz Garnet, as it is otherwise known, underground at West 35th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue. Eventually owned by the New York Mineralogical Club, the largest perfectly-formed mineral found in the United …
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The Many Reuses of 5 NYC Houses Part II: Islamic Cultural Center, One If By Land Two if By Sea, Tiny’s, Rag & Bone
Welcome to part two of our series on the reuses of former homes. Today we’ll take a look at the world of Aaron Burr ghost stories, designer jeans, parrots and more in these historic buildings.
Islamic Cultural Center, 1 Riverside Drive, The Prentiss House
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The Many Reuses of 5 NYC Houses: Cartier Flagship, J.Crew Men’s Store, Waverly Inn
Unique architectural transformation of homes in NYC from the Cartier mansions to the tenement houses now Tiro A Segno, Waverly Inn, J.Crew Men’s Shop
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A Hidden Holocaust Memorial on NYC’s Appellate Division Court in the Flatiron
On NYC’s Appellate Court on the corner of Madison Avenue and 25th Street is a discreet yet stark and deeply affecting Holocaust memorial by Harriet Feigenbaum
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See 70 ‘Free’ Pieces of Art In Odd Places Across 14th Street in Manhattan This Weekend
This weekend, the annual Art in Odd Places, will put out 70 thought provoking pieces across 14th Street in NYC, along with public even programming
MoreDaily What?! The Hobbit Doors of Dennett Place in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Carroll Gardens has its fair share of quirky establishments and we’d like to add Dennett Place to the list, nestled right next to the industrial Gowanus neighborhood. It’s really more of an alley made up of two to three storey attached houses. Unlike other similar streets however, these houses are sometimes jokingly called “Hobbit Houses.” The ground level …
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