While this is not directly architecture or planning related, I want to cover a new company called JumpPost.com because it’s still important to address the (in)efficiencies of what drive and support new construction, new architecture and ultimately how it affects you & me. JumpPost is a new way to list your apartment for rent without [...]
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COOL COMPANY ALERT: JumpPost.com
Posted in bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, queens, staten island, tagged new york city, real estate, jumppost, rental, apartment, craigslist on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I Have to Pee!: PUBLIC BATHROOMS IN NYC
Posted in bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, queens, staten island, tagged astor place, bathroom, belgium, bloomberg, brooklyn, bryant park, cemusa, david dinkins, east village, france, freud, guiliani, henry miller, herald square, italy, MTA, paris, public, robert moses, seinfeld, subway, toilet, williamsburg on February 7, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Recently untappednewyork discovered this at Bedford Avenue and N.7th in Williamsburg. Looks like something is in the works for 2010!
I first became intrigued with public bathrooms upon seeing the reppropriation of the Astor Place women’s room into a newsstand. Then I began to notice larger stand-alone beaux-arts buildings, and began to dig further. Today, the [...]
THE PRISONS AMONG US
Posted in bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, queens, staten island, tagged bill thompson, brooklyn detention center, city hall, correctional facilities, harlem, hunts point, jean nouvel, jefferson market library, Kate Ascher, prisons, riker's island, sunset park, the tombs, The Works, world trade center on January 4, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The word infrastructure usually conjures up images of roads, highways, bridges and mass transit. One thing that Kate Ascher taught me is that the really interesting stuff is what you don’t see. The idea for her captivating book, The Works, came while observing the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. All of a sudden [...]
PEDESTRIAN X-ING: No Cars Allowed!
Posted in bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, queens, staten island, tagged brooklyn, public space, staten island, urban, new york city, manhattan, bus rapid transit, BRT, summer streets, williamsburg walks, bedford avenue, thru streets, L Magazine, car, queens, bronx, Janette Sadik-Khan, DOT, 34th Street, Henry Ford, Eisenhower Interstate System, streets, iris weinshall on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In a dramatic reappropriation of urban space for public use, Times Square was closed off to cars earlier this summer. Less well known is that Summer Streets are already in place all over the five-boroughs this summer, thanks to the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and that a section of 34th street will have a [...]
