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From Poor to Rich to Richest: What Biking Through New York City in 5 Minutes Looks Like

New York City’s Broadway is the oldest north to south street in NYC and one of the most famous streets in the entire world. It’s also a street that shows the stark differences that exist in NYC only a few blocks away. This time lapse video shows you those differences. BuzzFeed recorded a time lapse…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 9

Picturing the World Series of the Future

Almost 100 years ago, in the year 1912, Harry Grant Dart illustrated for Life magazine what the World Series of the future might look like. If you look closely, you’ll notice that the scoreboard shows New York is squaring off against London, as it was common for sports fans of the time to imagine that…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 20

Build the Perfect Secret Fortress on This Tiny New York Island

Rat Island doesn’t have a lot going for it. It’s called Rat Island, it’s mostly rock, barren, covered in poop, and is tiny. But with the right owner (YOU?) it could be the secluded green HQ of your dreams. Rat Island’s current owner is sick of paying taxes on the places, the NYT reports, so…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 26

Does the NYPD Seriously Have Its Own Surface-to-Air Missiles?

New York City is serious about anti-terrorism efforts. It has to be. But did you know that the NYPD has its own anti-aircraft missiles? Commissioner Ray Kelly told 60 minutes last night that his counter-terrorism unit could take out an aircraft if it had to. Commissioner Kelly said that he wanted the city to be…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 26

Scratch and Sniff Your Way Through New York City

Amber Jones is the author of New York, Phew York, a scratch and sniff book that captures the smells of New York City. The book follows a family’s trip through 19 neighborhoods in the city, capturing 30 smells including hot dogs, the sewer and fish. It’s an assault on the olfactory senses that was inspired…

Tech News Kelly Sep 23

Cellphone Service Hitting NYC Subways to Both Delight and Dismay

New Yorkers, get ready to either cough up blood or throw your arms up in the air and make jazz hands for joy: cellphone service is hitting a select several subway stations. If you’re an AT&T or T-Mobile customer. In what might be the last joint action between the two companies before they get their…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 22

The Only Visualization of the New World Trade Center You Need to Watch

I’ve seen a few computer generated graphics of the new World Trade Center in New York City, but all of them were quite bland. Not this one. The level of realism in some of these sequences is truly impressive. Fast forward to minute two to see the most impressive shots, which really give an idea…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 19

NYC Subways Getting Their Very Own 47-Inch Touchscreens

Because why not? Many a New Yorker has been caught unawares by service changes, delays, and other forms of public transit fuckery. With that in mind, NYC Transit and Cisco are installing 47-inch On the Go! Travel Stations for flustered commuters. The touchscreens will be a godsend (on paper) for travelers looking to get out…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 19

10 Ways 9/11 Changed the Way We Build

Ten years ago today, Chicago developer J. Paul Beitler — who once aspired to build the world’s tallest building — told The Chicago Tribune that governments would cease to approve plans for skyscrapers, for fear that they would become “magnets for future terrorism.” The events of September 11th forever changed the way we approach architecture…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 12

The World Trade Center Was a Hollywood Star

Before their destruction, the two towers of the World Trade Center were immortalized in film. They were iconic as sets, backdrops, or giant ape toys—massive creations synonymous with the concrete below. Dan Meth’s montage is a wonderful tribute. The video takes slices of the film’s appearances in films between 1969 and 2001—often just appearing ever…

Movies Sam Biddle Aug 30

Why the hurricane Irene evacuations in New York City were a success

When hurricane Irene failed to flood Manhattan as predicted over the weekend, many called the evacuation an overreaction to media hype – one local told the New York Times he was “embarrassed.” But scientists and civil engineers say the city’s response made good sense. What happened in New York was a success story – not…

io9 Annalee Newitz and Robert Gonzalez Aug 30

Irene Blows Her Way Through the East Coast (Updating)

After Hurricane Irene made landfall early this morning, she proceeded to plow her way up north, taking power lines out with her. Check back here for updates and video as the storm continues on its path of destruction. Currently, there are about 438,000 people 516,000 people without power in North Carolina alone. Two Four Six…

Tech News Kwame Opam Aug 27

Hurricane Irene Is Shutting Down the Entire NYC Subway Tomorrow

New York Governor Cuomo says the entire NYC subway system will be shuttered at noon tomorrow in preparation for Hurricane Irene’s splish-splashy fists of Hades. God damn you, Irene. How are we supposed to go to pilates now? [Breaking News] https://gizmodo.com/new-yorks-subway-may-not-survive-nicole-irene-5834510

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 26

Hurricane Irene Is Worse Than You Think

You may not yet have heard yet, but Hurricane Irene is shaping up to be a major disaster for New York City, Long Island, and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Weather experts are forecasting a major storm surge that will bring torrential rains, gusting winds and flash floods to New York by Sunday.…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Aug 25

The Most Tragic Way to Celebrate an Earthquake

Earlier this week, heroic Brooklynite Jonathan Berg managed to accomplish something that was simultaneously accomplished by a mere 2.5 million other Brooklynites: not get killed by a weak-sauce earthquake. And then immortalized said accomplishment with a tattoo. Oh, Jonathan. https://gizmodo.com/earthquakes-shake-entire-united-states-updated-5833640 Berg explained to the New York Daily News that he had gotten the tattoo ironically,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 25

Skype Buying GroupMe Messaging Service

GroupMe, the messaging service employed by Gizmodo during our harrowing CES 2011 coverage, is being acquired by Skype for an undisclosed amount of money. https://gizmodo.com/lifechanger-groupme-group-texting-5729920 The year-old messaging service allows users to create on-demand private phone calls/messaging groups with others, which includes texts and free conference calls. Reporting over at TechCrunch reveals talks were underway…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 21

New York’s tallest building of the future (1881)

When cartoonist Thomas Nast drew this illustration of future Manhattan for Harper’s Weekly in 1881, Trinity Church was the tallest building in New York, with its spire and cross reaching 281 feet into the heavens. Until September of 2001, the North Tower of the World Trade Center stood as the tallest building in the city…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 18

Apple Arrives at Grand Central

Is there nowhere Apple will not expand its line of silvery wood-accented retail stores? Glass cubes in Manhattan. Multi-story facades on Boylston in Boston. And now, piling on New York again, Apple is set to descend on Grand Central. The $800,000/year rent is a smidge higher than what the previous tenant, restaurant Mtrazur, was paying…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 23

A Century Old Bridge, Acrobats, Digital Cameras, and the Police

On Monday night I walked home instead of taking the train. But rather than the expected trot back, head filled with MP3s and little else, languorously drenched in sweat, I saw a woman dangling from the top of a bridge. It’d be more correct to say other people saw a woman dangling from the top…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 13

Giant Ice Cubes From Greenland Are Not Art, You Lunatic

In a bid to remind the ignorant people of the world about the threat of global warming, artist Brian Goggin is setting out to drag a two-ton block of 100,000 year old ice from Greenland to NYC. Because breathless confusion is the first step in advocacy. Goggin likens the whole project to a quest for…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 5

From Poor to Rich to Richest: What Biking Through New York City in 5 Minutes Looks Like

Picturing the World Series of the Future

Build the Perfect Secret Fortress on This Tiny New York Island

Does the NYPD Seriously Have Its Own Surface-to-Air Missiles?

Scratch and Sniff Your Way Through New York City

Cellphone Service Hitting NYC Subways to Both Delight and Dismay

The Only Visualization of the New World Trade Center You Need to Watch

NYC Subways Getting Their Very Own 47-Inch Touchscreens

10 Ways 9/11 Changed the Way We Build

The World Trade Center Was a Hollywood Star

Why the hurricane Irene evacuations in New York City were a success

Irene Blows Her Way Through the East Coast (Updating)

Hurricane Irene Is Shutting Down the Entire NYC Subway Tomorrow

Hurricane Irene Is Worse Than You Think

The Most Tragic Way to Celebrate an Earthquake

Skype Buying GroupMe Messaging Service

New York’s tallest building of the future (1881)

Apple Arrives at Grand Central

A Century Old Bridge, Acrobats, Digital Cameras, and the Police

Giant Ice Cubes From Greenland Are Not Art, You Lunatic

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