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more about #newyorkcity more comments → Sunshineyness: Or maybe, I dunno, the city could stop coddling Manhattan and start realizing that there are other Burroughs that are in desperate need of having simp... more » Forsakenchild: Why? Because we don't pollute coastal areas enough as is, that's why! more » Cash907Censored: Or they could just build on artificial islands, like they have been doing in Dubai for awhile now. more » LuigiFenelon: What a cozy place to get mugged more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: What they need are retractable stairs and ladders so this can be a long term, renewable, safe haven when the Zombie apocalypse happens. more » 92BuickLeSabre: I'm so in love with the High Line. Even though I live nowhere near it, I've been giving a little bit of money here and there to Friends of the High Li... more » Alchemistmerlin: While a fantastic idea, they couldn't have found someone who was a smidge better at photoshop? more » shan6: Not gonna be too cool when the kids decide to play baseball in the park. There isn't a whole lot of room for error there. more » -
#greeningblue
Architects Propose Expanding New York Into The Water To Go Green
While many visions of a future New York showcase its lauded ability to grow upwards, architects Richard Garber and Brian Novello have suggested it grow outwards — into the water — to increase public space and harness hydropower. More » -
#architecture
Trains Erupt with Flowers: Past and Future New York City
A marvel of industrial efficiency when it was built in the 1930s, New York City's High Line was an elevated train line that chugged up through the lower west side of Manhattan and along the Hudson River. But in the 1980s, the trains stopped running and the tracks returned to nature, sprouting unexpectedly lush gardens of local flora. Now a years-long project to convert a stretch of the tracks into a park is nearing its end, and we've got a timeline of the train's strange life in images, below. More » -
#serverarchitecture
Our Homes Have Turned into Server Farms
Nestled among the towers of midtown Manhattan is a new housing development made entirely of prefab houses (top) that look like rack-mounted computer servers (bottom). In fact, these houses are intended to be mounted and stacked in giant racks that can be built in days. Soon, all of New York City may look like a giant Google server farm. Check out the rack server house being built below. More » -
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#iamlegend
Movies That Smash the Statue of Liberty
A trailer for the upcoming movie I Am Legend shows Will Smith and his canine buddy wandering an entirely empty New York City. But that's nothing new. Hollywood has always loved to show one of the most bustling cities on the planet smashed to hell and emptied of human life. Check out our list of movies that crush New York under their boots. Special bonus: click through our gallery featuring emptied-out NY, with many mangled Statues of Liberty. More » -
#architecture
Sea Creatures Float in New Smartglass Aquatic Carousel
Nobody wants to ride merry-go-rounds anymore because horse-drawn carriages are so last century. That's why Manhattan's Battery Park is setting up the first aquatic carousel this summer. Instead of mounting a horsey inside a tacky gold-plated circus tent, visitors get to coast through a nautilus-shaped carousel on the back of a dolphin or a manatee while enjoying 360-degree projections of sea creatures floating around them on windows made of SmartGlass. More » -
#cloverfield
Cloverfield Monster Is Free Willy With Pubic Lice
The monster in the J.J. Abrams-produced Cloverfield movie has had everyone speculating about what it could be. For months people have been wondering if this was a new Godzilla movie, a return of the Loch Ness monster, or something more sinister. More »
