Posts Tagged ‘NYC’
The NYC Sky Deserves Your Attention
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08 2011
New Yorkers Don’t Bite. Unless You Want Us To.
What happens when you put a megaphone on a podium in the middle of New York City and give people the simple direction to “say something nice” into it? Before you say, “Ugh…so cheesy”, press Play and feel the cynicism slowly creep away…
-via Mashable
23
08 2011
Time Capsule Thursday: NYC In The Swinging 60′s
These NYC travel videos from the 60′s are amazing – even though the vibes of each video are different, they’re both still 100% true. That’s the beauty of New York – it can be a thousand different things to a thousand different people, but in the end, still one unified place.
In 1962, NYC is non-stop & forward-thinking:
-via @EverythingNYC
In 1967, NYC’s Lower East Side is gritty & mind-expanding:
-via Buzzfeed
11
08 2011
NYC, The Sexiest City In The World
07
06 2011
Move Over Banksy, Say Hello To Hanksy.
These clever pieces of street art have mysteriously popped up in Soho, NYC, recently:

-via My Modern Metropolis
Note: The film “Cast Away” is my idea of corporal punishment, so while these photos will probably give me nightmares for a week or so, I do commend their creativity. Well done, Hanksy.
25
05 2011
NYC Street Sign Megamix: Worth The Headache
Thanks to filmmaker Adam Abada, you can zoom up Broadway from Battery Place to 220th Street, without ever getting off your couch. (Lazy bum)
-via Gawker
10
05 2011
You Tawlkin’ To Me?
Documentary filmmaker Heather Quinlan is working on a new film studying the infamous New York Accent. ”If These Knishes Could Talk” charts the inevitable decline of the accent as New York becomes more diverse. Visit Heather’s IndieGoGo fundraiser page if you want to donate some cash to help her finish her film. I love New Yawk.
-via Doobybrain
22
04 2011
Fire Up The DeLorean: Pre-Giuliani NYC Subway
A fascinating fly-on-the-wall peek at the NYC subway system in 1986, before Rudy cleaned it up…is it wrong that I miss some of that crazy train-graffiti?
-via Buzzfeed



















