Houston is less affordable than New York City
Housing costs might be cheaper in The Lone Star State, but when transportation costs are factored into the mix, Houston loses by a 38% higher cost margin.
Tag: New York City
How New York’s Bagel Boys fought and beat a mafia takeover
An unlikely tale of The Beigel Bakers Union Local 338 fighting back the mafia stronghold on New York City’s lifeblood: the bagel.
Jim Shaugnessy’s 60-Year Odyssey Photographing the Evolution of the North American Railroad
Allison Meier at Hyperallergic: “Always restless, even daring when he had to be, Shaughnessy worked hard to get in and around the railroad, in all conditions, in all settings,”…
Donald Judd’s Furniture
Donald Judd, was a truly wonderful artist. He was a Texan, a self-proclaimed minimalist (many attribute the term’s ubiquity and elevated definition to his contributions). He was a…
Maxar’s Incredible Low-angle Photograph of NYC
The Maxar Worldview-3 satellite is a high-resolution commercial satellite armed with an impressive 31cm panchromatic resolution DSLR camera. Kottke shared this impressive low-angle shot the camera took of…
David Harbour’s Cozy Reconstructed New York Loft
Juliet Izon for Architectural Digest writes: Then, after about three years of searching, he came across a space in the Nolita neighborhood that he describes as an uncut…
Urban Rats are Evolving at Super Speed
Kristin Houser writes at The Byte: Efforts to control urban rat populations rarely — if ever — result in the complete eradication of the pests. Most of the…
The New York City Subway Map as You’ve Never Seen It Before
I love interactive stories like these. This story, was written by Antonio de Luca and Sasha Portis at the New York Times. It begins here: In 1979, responding…
The Library That Almost Wasn’t, Hunters Point Community Library
Libraries, all-too-frequently, are sadly neglected. They serve so many wonderful purposes. They are civil centers, repositories of information, waypoints of knowledge and are doorways to other worlds. What…
5 True Tales of Manhattan
Lorri Cramer, is a New Yorker who re-habilitates turtles in her Upper West Side apartment. The last Cuban-Chinese restaurant (La Caridad 78) in Manhattan. The best Jazz in…
Treasures in the Trash
One city’s trash, is everyones treasure.
Every New York Times Frontpage Since 1852
If you know me personally, you know how much I love The Times. It’s a wonderful newspaper I fell in love with in college. I’ve consistently held a…
Saffron’s City Brand Barometer
Which cities have built the strongest business brands and who is poised for growth?
9/11
I was around 12 when 9/11 happened. My mom was a Kindergarden teacher at my elementary school at the time. So, while my friends were leaving school early,…
99 Locations of New York
I’ve been a New Yorker for about 2 years now, and while I’ve barely scratched the surface exploring this town — it is most certainly replete with annoyance,…