Topic: New York City
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Maps
An Entire Year of New York City's Noise Complaints
More than 270,000 noise complaints sketch a city that roars in the day and talks ferociously in its sleep.
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Vienna's Naked Subway Woman Adds To Rich History of Nude Commuting
It's almost as if journalists have never heard about this happening.
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Fear of a Tiny Apartment
By endorsing smaller and smaller living spaces, are we creating a world in which only the very wealthy can live in anything more than sardine-can habitats?
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Toilet Tuesday
South Carolina Town Terrorized By Exploding Toilet
The detonating commode went off in Town Hall and lodged porcelain shrapnel in a door.
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Could You One Day Ride Your Bike All the Way Around New York Harbor?
Advocates are calling for the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to finally be opened up to pedestrians and cyclists.
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Maps
Mapping New York's Hottest Jogging Routes
Using GPS technology implanted in shoes, artists envision the paths that runners love to tackle.
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How Rust Became the New Urban Luxury Item
Everyone knows that the ghost of urban decay is as crucial to the High Line’s appeal as fancy design, if not more so.
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Commute of the Day: The Length of the Lincoln Tunnel in an F1 Race Car
Friday afternoon traffic this ain't.
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Videos
New York City's Skyscrapers Blast Off to Mars
A far-out music video, using actual NASA footage, imagines New York's architecture taking a journey through space.
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Flushing Meadows and the Battle for the Real New York
Mayor Bloomberg may have finally gone too far with a proposal for a 25,000-seat soccer stadium and shopping mall.
