Top 10 Indoor Public Spaces in Manhattan for Your Very Own Urban Oasis
Surprising indoor public spaces in Manhattan if you’re looking for a unique meeting spot, to have a nice quiet lunch or get some me time.
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10 Statues You Wouldn’t Expect to See in Manhattan’s Public Spaces
We’ve rounded up the quirkiest and most surprising statues in New York City, from a former communist leader to a giant bronze rat.
MoreWhat’s It Take to Become a Food Truck Vendor in NYC?
New York’s history of mobile food trucks is longer than one would think; it dates back to as early as the 1600s, when New Amsterdam, now New York City, began regulating street vendors selling food from push carts. In 1893, a night lunch wagon operated by the Church Temperance Society served hot meals to the …
MoreInformal Neighborhood Libraries in London, Paris and NYC Transform the Public Library
The Carnaby Book Exchange offers a respite from the busy shops of Kingly Court.
From a posh London shopping center to a wooden birdhouse in Brooklyn to a bright plastic pod in Nolita, the familiar public library is being re-imagined and reinvented. With the rise of casual neighborhood libraries that require no library card, …
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NYC Financial District’s Secret Plaza: The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street
Tucked between two office buildings at 55 Water Street is a hard-to-find escalator which whisks you up to The Elevated Acre. Don’t be daunted though, this transformed public plaza well worth the hunt.
The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street was actually completed in the early 1970s. After new zoning regulations for skyscrapers were passed in …
MorePop-Up Pianos take Montreal in Piano des villes, piano des champs
Four public pianos are being set up on different street corners in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighborhood for the summer.
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Daily What?! An Indoor Tropical Oasis in NYC’s Ford Foundation
Photo via Flickr by annetalops
On a walk west on 42nd Street from the neo-Gothic-infused neighborhood of Tudor City, the Ford Foundation Building introduces a dramatic change of scenery. It stands somewhat fortress-like, its exterior giving few hints about the building’s true architectural brilliance. Of course, from the outside, you’re also blind to the …
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Celebrating Times Square’s Seedy Past: Artist Nayland Blake’s Installation at the ICP Triennial
One of the most attention-grabbing exhibits at the International Center for Photography’s Triennial (through September 8) isn’t really a work of photography at all. In Knee-deep in the Flooded Victory, artist Nayland Blake has assembled photos, posters, zines, coffee mugs and voodoo dolls in an installation that explores the changing meaning of public space in New York …
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The Urban Development of Rome’s Piazza San Silvestro
A modest update to Piazza San Silvestro makes a major change in the use of public space in Rome’s historic center.
MoreJust the Gritty: Golden Gate Park, Winter Edition
There’s more to Golden Gate Park than just the Academy of Sciences and the de Young. Kate Shay encounters miniature electric boats, a police horse and more during her winter bike rides through the park.
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The Highest Point in New Orleans – Not Monkey Hill
The highest point in New Orleans is not Monkey Hill, nor this hill on the batture
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Crossroads at the End of the World
Why Sydney may be posted to become the next global city.
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