On September 11th 2001, off-duty firefighter Stephen Siller abandoned his gridlocked pickup truck at the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery tunnel and ran the 3.5 miles to the World Trade center with 70lbs of gear on his back. He was one of the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice that day, perishing as he searched [...]

I recently had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Joel Grossman cover a bunch of work he’s done in recent years, and as usual i was totally blown away!  Using historic maps and methodical research, he’s been able to stitch together a historical snapshot of colonial Manhattan that’s totally shattered the widely accepted geography of [...]

Around the 5 boroughs there are an increasing number of Living Walls beginning to sprout up, giving a more literal meaning to the phrase urban jungle . This technique of building construction is said to improve thermal efficiency,  increase air quality, and improve the overall visual aesthetic of the design. Most of these are pre-grown [...]

At 7am this morning the water started flowing, and from now till October you can see it in 4 different locations around lower Manhattan . The New York City Waterfalls is a collaboration by artist Olafur Eliasson  and the Public Art Fund, and was pulled off with the support of a long list of City, State, and [...]

Yesterday’s Salute to Israel Day Parade in NYC is the world’s largest Jewish community parade, bringing out some 100,000+ participants with an estimated 1 million viewers. The 30 block route up 5th Ave was a blur of blue and white as everyone helped celebrate Israel’s 60th anniversary. Not to disappoint, a couple Hasidic Hip-Hoppers were [...]

If you thought Scoble can rattle off a barrage of twitter traffic like no other, get ready to be amazed; the automated noise is here. The guys at BugLabs have come up with a new app to generate automated tweets based on real world events using there MotherBug platform. You probably saw them at Maker [...]