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Wednesday, January 07
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The famously hipster-laden L train is the only line in NYC that has arrival time boards, but as you can see, the service isn't so speedy sometimes. The MTA is experimenting with flat-panel displays at one of the L train stations on the Brooklyn...
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Tuesday, January 06
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Roy Lichtenstein's 1994 Times Square Mural in the 42nd Street station is too long to get into one shot, but this center panel with the flying train is my favorite bit. A 6-foot-high, 53-foot-long panel that revisits the history of New York transportation...
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Monday, January 05
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The MTA is letting people on the 6 train know that overcrowding will be abated in a mere six years when the Second Avenue line begins to run. The city's most used line, daily ridership on the 6 train exceeds the daily ridership of the entire...
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Saturday, January 03
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It's a gorgeous and cold morning. This photo embiggens nicely. Subscribe. Read more...
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Tuesday, December 30
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In 1991, excavation for a new office tower in lower Manhattan revealed a centuries-old burial ground for the slaves of New Yorkers, grim testament to the nearly 200 years that slavery was legal here. An estimated 15,000 Africans are buried on the...
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Monday, December 29
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In 2004 artist Nancy Spero installed a series of tile murals in the subway station under Lincoln Center. This one's my favorite, see the rest here . Subscribe. Read more...
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Saturday, December 27
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When everything in Grandma's kitchen is set up to serve 5 year-olds, you eat the mini-waffles and shut up about it. Subscribe. Read more...
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Wednesday, December 24
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Tuesday, December 23
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This is the 7th Avenue entrance to Madison Square Garden, which is actually behind the office building seen here. Underneath both buildings, Penn Station spans the entire block. Subscribe. Read more...
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Monday, December 22
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The Bolt Bus drops everybody off right in front of Peep World on 33rd Street. Subscribe. Read more...
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Sunday, December 21
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Tuesday, December 02
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Monday, December 01
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Saturday, November 29
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Monday, November 10
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Dr. Jeff sends in this shot of the Prayer Station he came across on the Upper East Side. It's an art installation . Dylan Mortimer’s work deals with how private faith functions in the public realm. The interactive Public Prayer Booth is a synthesis...
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Tuesday, November 04
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I was in line when the polling place across from my building opened at 6AM and it still took me just under two hours. Right now the line is stretching entirely around the block and is almost meeting itself at the front door of the polling station...
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Wednesday, October 29
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Tuesday, October 28
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Queenie's is a little bodega on First Avenue. It's dumpy even by Gotham bodega stands, but the name always makes me smile. By the way, Jugs Magazine and MILF Monthly must qualify as "stationery." Subscribe. Read more...
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Monday, October 27
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Wednesday, October 08
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This is the back side of the Manhattan Municipal Building as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. Completed in 1915, it's one of the largest government buildings in the world. Thirteen city agencies are housed on the building's 25 floors. Car...
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Friday, October 03
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You get a decent view of the east side of Manhattan from the Pulaski Bridge, a short drawbridge over the Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Brooklyn. That's the industrial section of Long Island City in the foreground. Embiggens nicely...
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Thursday, October 02
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The NYPD has this portable conning tower thingy set up on Broadway & 42nd just south of Times Square. Mmmm, panopticony! Subscribe. Read more...
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Wednesday, October 01
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Risking the long arm of the Showtune Police, I snuck around the barrier and grabbed this shot of the front side of the new TKTS booth in Times Square, which is due to open this month. The ticket windows are under the bleachers. The classic TKTS...
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Tuesday, September 30
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My mom sent us this photo of the erosion of Fort Lauderdale's gay beach over the weekend. A combination of high winds and high tides caused by a storm off of North Carolina sent waves crashing over the seawall along A1A and washed away lifeguard...
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Monday, September 29
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This is the Queens entrance to the Midtown Tunnel, which opened in 1940. Every March, the tunnel is closed for one night for the Ringling Brothers / Barnum & Bailey Circus to walk their elephants to Madison Square Garden. The toll for cars is...
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Friday, September 26
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It may not look like much from this angle, but this is the home of Martha Stewart Omnimedia. In 1931 the block-sized Starret-Lehigh was built on West 26th Street as an innovative "modernist experiment in industrial architecture" because...
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Thursday, September 25
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There's still a few places around town where you can find these groovy old deco signs for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) subway lines, like this one on the New York Life building. All of the numbered train lines were originally...
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Tuesday, September 23
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Central Park's Tavern On The Green is the second highest grossing restaurant in the United States, serving 500,000 meals last year to the tune of $38M. Originally a sheep barn built in 1870, it became a restaurant in 1934. And since it's...
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Monday, September 22
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Friday, September 19
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Looking east on 42nd Street from Park Avenue. The next intersection is Lexington. Subscribe. Read more...
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