Tag: manhattan

This New York subway map may look just like a lot of other metro maps, but look a little closer and you’ll see that Thrillist has replaced the names of each station with an “honest” description of what you can...

Oregon-based photographer Brad Sloan fell in love with Manhattan’s urbanscape on a 3-day trip to New York City and managed to capture some spectacular shots of the Big Apple in that short amount of time. Sloan, who modestly refers to...

Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic decided to give New Yorkers a surprise—by taking over an ordinary park bench and giving its occupants a taste of what it’s like to fly with the airline. In ‘No Ordinary Park Bench’, a regular park bench—located in...

In honor of Grand Central Station’s upcoming centennial, three architects were asked to present how they would re-imagine the iconic New York terminal at the MAS 2012 Summit earlier this week. While Foster + Partners’ plan emphasized the need to alleviate the Terminal’s acute overcrowding (“designed...

Rather than simply complaining about the pet peeves he was noticing on the streets of Manhattan, graphic designer Jay Shells decided to take a proactive (and somewhat humorous) path and created some new streets signs under the guise of the...

Patrick Vale is an architectural illustrator, which is awesome because I didn’t even know that job existed anymore. On the drawing of a building in London, above, you can see the UK-based Vale has scrawled “Too many effing windows.” But lest...

The Holstee Manifesto is a call to action to live a life full of intention, creativity, passion, and community. The LifeCycle Film came about as a desire to bring the energy and passion behind the Manifesto to life through something...

Ten years in the making, a green space transforms an old railroad trestle. The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. Narrated by Ethan Hawke. This video...

“Manhattan Zoom”, USA 2006 Enjoy Jakob Wagner Photography project called: URBAN ZOOM “London Zoom”, UK 2007 “Coney Island Zoom #1”, USA 2007 “Amsterdam Zoom #1”, Netherlands 2006 “Coney Island Zoom #2”, USA 2007 “Duesseldorf Zoom #1”, Germany 2009 “Duesseldorf Zoom...

Two young filmmakers went out during Hurricane Irene to document their Manhattan neighborhood. You can see also the Hurricane Irene photo reportage HERE! Irene NYC from Buffalo Picture House on Vimeo.