A Few New Ways to Look at the World
We have all seen those pictures of planet Earth as little blue and white marble against the backdrop of space and a hundred different maps…
Gowanus Artist Elizabeth O’Reilly Puts Canal on the Map — Artistically
Art exhibit inspired by the Gowanus Canal open until Nov 12, 2011. We’ll definately check it out!Source: www.brooklyneagle.com, via City Atlas
World’s Largest Pumpkin Carved Into an Awesome Creepy Sculpture – Photos
Artist Ray Villafane carved up the world’s largest pumpkin at the New York Botanical Garden on October 22 and 23.Source: inhabitat.com, via City Atlas
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Photos
Photos from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.Source: mrnyc.blogspot.com, via City Atlas
Great graphics tell us what we already know: Homemade food is less expensive than fast food
Homemade food is healthier, and cheaper. Sometimes a lot cheaper
Iconathon Designs Symbols for Civic Ideas
Artists collaborate to make new icons to communicate commonly recognized urban concepts.
More Cyclists = Safer Streets
A question for the purported defenders of pedestrian safety who sit on the editorial boards at the Daily News and the Post.
City Atlas Workshops at Parsons and Hunter
A design workshop at Parsons worked with historical data gathered by a Hunter urban planning class to create information graphics about NYC.
Artist Posts New Etiquette Rules Around The City
http://gothamist.com/2011/09/08/new_etiquette_rules_posted_around_t.php
Big Apple day and night – photographer Stephen Wilkes covers them both in one frame
Photographer Stephen Wilkes spent a minimum of ten hours taking hundreds of shots to create each one of his Day to Night.
Field Day
Sunflower, Indian Mustard and Basket Willow have been growing at La Finca for a while now, but last night we finally installed the infographics that…
Stefan Sagmeister, Khoi Vinh, Ji Lee
“Listening and understanding the other side are the first steps to a truly meaningful exchange…” — Ji Lee
NYC has over 8 million stories. What’s yours?
City of MemoryCity of Memory is a story map of NYC via Cityofmemory
Water
New York City has one of the largest natural water filtration systems throughout the country, feeding from three reservoirs in upstate New York. Population growth and urbanization encouraged the development of a well-functioning water delivery system which is still in use today.