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more about #newyork more comments → Bootknife-Jackson: shit yeah, Zardoz FTW! more » Annalee Newitz: I love these designs. They really should do a D&D themed shirt. more » Klebert L. Hall: 40 years is too soon for this kind of water depth, really. How's the power running for that Times Square picture? Electric's mostly underground in Ma... more » Mr.Anansi: Just a little comment on #2: Why are those types of bridges always shown as rickety death traps with steps missing? #floodednewyork more » cadrina: why does the first picture makes me think of a blade runner Venice? #floodednewyork more » Skunky: 40 years in the future and I bet there are still some New Yorkers living in FEMA trailers. #floodednewyork more » Jeb_Hoge: See, everything will be fine. And we'll get zeppelins back! #floodednewyork more » jcous: don't drink the water #floodednewyork more » Rumtum: Wow, cross CJ Cherryh's Merovingian Nights (flooded wooden city on a future space colony world) and Omega Man, and you get this, with neon. #floodedne... more » aubreyf: I'm so relieved to see that High School Musical 3 will still be showing in New York 40 years from now. #floodednewyork more » Althestane: Beautiful concepts, though I'm sure the reality of coastal flooding in NYC would be drastically different. Saltwater at a variable depth of 10-16 fee... more » dupioni: I can't imagine how awful that must smell. #floodednewyork more » KassiaHaoe: I am so glad I got to see what one person thinks the future will look like. It is good to know. Also... is it physically possible for water to get th... more » RizzRustbolt: Good news! If you like rice based dishes, that is. #floodednewyork more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Even after the disater itself. This isnt on the scale of destruction like AI. or Waterworld were everything is 100's feet underwater. This is one of t... more » -
#scifashion
Robots, Streetwear, and Gay Skeletor: An Interview with Mishka NYC
Under Brooklyn's elevated JMZ subway sits a curious clothing label. On one hand, their apparel often appears in rap videos. On the other, they've released a t-shirt featuring He-Man in S&M gear. Welcome to the wonderfully warped world of Mishka.
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#conceptart
Times Square Still Shines, Even After the Flood
After the sea levels rise, airships, rowboats, and gondola lifts with replace New York's subways and taxi cabs. The Aqualta series imagines New York 40 years into the future, when the city's once-crowded streets have filled with quiet waters. More » -
#thefallout
New York's Post-Apocalyptic Survival Will Be Decided By A Hitman
Hitman director Xavier Gens is gearing up to take on the next end of the word feature called Fallout, where we see New York in ruins, and possibly subject to feral child gangs. More » -
#futuremetro
What Will Today's Cities Look Like in the Future?
What will the New Yorks, Londons, and Tokyos of tomorrow look like? Will they be technological Edens, grim dystopias, or entirely obliterated? We look at science fiction's take on the future of today's cities to gauge our urban future. More » -
#futuremetro
Seven Futuristic Urban Tools You'll Find in Today's Cities
The best part about living in a futuristic, metropolitan wonderland are the technologies that make urban living so much smoother. Here are some of our favorite little gadgets and what-nots that modern cities have to offer.
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#scifashion
Wear Your Hometown Monsters With Pride
London just wouldn't be the same without its werewolves, and the real charm behind New York lies with the giant alligators in the sewers. These t-shirts let you show off the monsters that really make your favorite city special. More » -
#virtualarchitecture
Enjoy A Virtual New York As Seen By Keywords
The Big Apple has just become even bigger for Apple users. Pastiche allows Mac users to recreate New York through keywords on NY-centric blog searches. The result is disorientatingly stunning. See it in action below. More » -
#therealgothamrevealed
Website Reclaims New York's Gotham Heritage
We've gone back and forth about where the real life Gotham City is - But as these photographs from visual directory Oobject show, no matter how much Chicago may stand in for Batman's hometown in movies, New York City has the architecture and the attitude to make it work. More images below the jump. More » -
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#meteor
James Bond Fails To Stop New York From Getting Atomized
Long before there was Armageddon or Deep Impact, or even the fear of our own falling spy satellites, there was Meteor. Sean Connery goes into full science mode as he tries to stop a huge meteor named Orpheus from crashing into the Earth. The good news: he's partially successful. The bad news: Oops, sorry about that Hong Kong and New York. The opening scene, where astronauts watch the cosmic ballet of a comet striking an asteroid just before it obliterates them and their ship, is worth the price of admission alone. More » -
#alternatehistory
Five Alternate Histories of New York
Michael Chabon reinvented the alternate-history genre with The Yiddish Policemen's Union, his novel about a world where Alaska became the Jewish homeland. So where are the great alternate histories of New York? The city's history is full of disasters and bizarre schemes that could have turned out very differently. Here are five timeline turning-points that might have erased New York as we know it forever. More » -
#environmentaldesign
Two Visions of New York's Future Waterfront
Will the New York waterfront become a flooded nightmare or bland paradise? Two artists' renderings reveal all. The first is a collage by Japanese satirist Tsunehisa Kimura, the second a mockup for a projected waterfront park.
