NEW YORK THE WONDER CITY 1938

Take a tour of New York City in 1938. LINK: Youtube

Saks Holiday 3D video projection show_2011

Tis' the season! Enjoy Saks Fifth Avenue's 3-D holiday window projection at our flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City!

Saks Fifth Avenue debuted their new light show projection in New York called The Snowflake and Bubble Spectacular. LINK, Via: Youtube

The Ebony Hillbillies

As one of the last black string bands in the U.S. – and the only one currently based in NYC – the Ebony Hillbillies keep an important legacy alive with a rootsy, homegrown style that many forget was a key element in the genesis of all the music we cherish as uniquely American: jazz, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, rock and roll, and country. LINK: Vimeo

"THIS DAY IN HISTORY"

"New York City Subway Opens"
UPDATED: 10/27/2010

At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes the controls on the inaugural run of the city's innovative new rapid transit system: the subway.

While London boasts the world's oldest underground train network (opened in 1863) and Boston built the first subway in the United States in 1897, the New York City subway soon became the largest American system. The first line, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), traveled 9.1 miles through 28 stations. Running from City Hall in lower Manhattan to Grand Central Terminal in midtown, and then heading west along 42nd Street to Times Square, the line finished by zipping north, all the way to 145th Street and Broadway in Harlem. On opening day, Mayor McClellan so enjoyed his stint as engineer that he stayed at the controls all the way from City Hall to 103rd Street.

At 7 p.m. that evening, the subway opened to the general public, and more than 100,000 people paid a nickel each to take their first ride under Manhattan. IRT service expanded to the Bronx in 1905, to Brooklyn in 1908 and to Queens in 1915. Since 1968, the subway has been controlled by the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA). The system now has 26 lines and 468 stations in operation; the longest line, the 8th Avenue "A" Express train, stretches more than 32 miles, from the northern tip of Manhattan to the far southeast corner of Queens.

Every day, some 4.5 million passengers take the subway in New York. With the exception of the PATH train connecting New York with New Jersey and some parts of Chicago's elevated train system, New York's subway is the only rapid transit system in the world that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No matter how crowded or dirty, the subway is one New York City institution few New Yorkers—or tourists—could do without. LINK, Video-Via: Youtube

Steampunk halloween display at Screaming Mimi's in NYC

Boing Boing pal Joe Dolce sent them this photo (taken by his friend Jade Furtado) of this "steamin steam punk Halloween window" at the "best vintage shop in NYC, Screaming Mimi's" on Lafayette St. LINK: Boingboing

ARCHITECTURE - Frank Lloyd Wright - Guggenheim Museum

Rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. LINK: Youtube

Stapled NYC

Another great stapled city, this one by Tofi Stoler.

Tofi Stoler, Via: Boingboing

Tilt-Shift Video about a Day in New York City

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Original Music: composed by Human, co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong.

The Sandpit is a video composed of 35,000 tilt-shift photographs taken in New York City. Director Sam O’Hare wrote about this project.

Via: Bits & Pieces | About the Film

Natalie Gelman Performing Puppeteer at The Bitter End in NYC August 5th, 2009

See more at nataliegelman.com. LINK: Vimeo

Behind the Scenes of the 2010 Times Square New Year's Ball

The 2010 Times Square New Year's Ball is ready to go. They saved money and didn't add any LEDs, but they added new stunning Waterford clink-clink glass panels. Here's the insider look on how they did it, and why. LINK, Via: Youtube



Anthony Quintano also sent this video on the setup of the camera that will offer the closest view of the time ball tonight, broadcasting the event to the entire world. LINK: Vimeo

Detailed Cut Paper Maps of New York City

Photo: KMO Studio

This item has already sold on Etsy, but you can still see images of KMO Studio’s enormous and detailed cut paper maps of all five boroughs of New York City. When the four sections are put together, the map measures six by eight feet.

Link, Via: Make | Artist’s Etsy Shop | Via: Neatorama

Celebrity Photography by Patrick Hoelck (NSFW)

Patrick Hoelck didn't begin his career as a photographer. In fact, he refers to his primary occupation of the past six-and-a-half years as a "grateful accident." Hoelck began as a youngster in New York City working in the music video world during what he calls the "rap era."

Patrick Hoelck’s photography resonates because his darkness does not hide, pervert, destroy, or malign. Instead, it emboldens, signifies, nurtures, resurrects an individual for who they are: sexuality and celebrity status are consequential of being human—of being a man or woman, actor or actress, singer or musician, model or cult personality; glamour and attitude are consequential of one’s pride and self-respect. LINK

NYC skateboarding legend Andy Kessler has died.

Glen E. Friedman, a photographer who chronicled the birth of skate culture, shares sad news:

If skateboarding was a town, this guy was its mayor. Andy Kessler, one of the good ones, died yesterday apparently of a wasp sting that led to a heart attack. This was a great dude, NO ONE could say anything wrong about this dude.

He was one of the oldest, if not the oldest, skater in New York City, holding it down, real since the 70's. Andy will be seriously missed by many. Obituaries and discussion threads: bulldogskates, newyorksurf, bulldogskates 2.

Photo credit, via a commenter in this thread: "KESS cuttin' it off the lip at the 9' marker, the Deathbowl in Riverdale, 1978. (Photo by Marc André Edmonds)"

Another striking portrait, skating the streets of Manhattan, here. LINK: Boingboing



a 2007 video interview. Kessler immediately strikes you as a gentle, thoughtful person -- who could shred like nobody. LINK: Youtube

Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition

During the 1970s and 80s, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the burgeoning New York City graffiti movement. 25 years and more than a half a million copies later, Chronicle Books is happy to offer their book Subway Art in a large-scale, deluxe format. LINK: Youtube

Learn more at http://chroniclebooks.com/site/catalo...

Scouting New York, A Film Location Scout’s Photos of Hidden New York

Scouting New York is a really great photo blog by a film location scout who shares photos and detailed descriptions of some of their unique discoveries in New York City. LINK

New York City In Photo-Realistic 3D In Google Earth

Google has updated the 3D buildings in Google Earth for New York City. There are now thousands of new 3D buildings with photo textures applied.

Just fly to 'New York City' and turn on the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. Tilt your view so you can see the buildings in all their glory. LINK