Somebody’s Hiding a Plane in Bushwick!
This crazy image comes courtesy of Brooklyn-based photographer, Christoffer Delsinger who discovered an image of an airplane hiding in Bushwick Houses in Google Maps. Click to see for yourself! The official imagery date is June 18th, 2010 and the plane appears in both Google Earth and Google Maps, but not in the street views which are … Read more
I Have to Pee!: PUBLIC BATHROOMS IN NYC
Retired Bathroom on Allen and Delancey Streets (Photo © Untapped Cities by Christoffer Delsinger) 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 … Read more
WILLIAMSBURG(H), BROOKLYN
Original Williamsburgh Savings Bank Headquarters at 175 Broadway (Source: Flickr) Did you know Williamsburg used to have an “h”? This week’s entry is a cross-post with Gotham Lost and Found, an insightful blog by David Freeland, author of Automats, Taxi Dances and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan’s Lost Places of Leisure. On a recent afternoon, David and … Read more
BROOKLYN: DIY Music Shows
The Market Hotel (Source: The Market Hotel) In this era of sensory overload, we are faced with not only more options for consumption and information gathering, but we are also given the freedom to choose and combine possibilities. In the fashion world, we would describe this as a “mix of hi-lo,” i.e. a simultaneous juxtaposition … Read more
SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn
A neighborhood infinitely more nuanced than its namesake, Sunset Park repeatedly defies expectation. Once hailed as the “New Williamsburg,” Sunset Park residents have fought to keep industry in as a means to keep gentrification out. A widely diverse area where the term “minority” is misleading, upwards of 75% of the population is Hispanic or Chinese, … Read more
VINEGAR HILL, Brooklyn
Nestled between symbols of urban industrialization and modern residential development (aka a Con Edison plant and glass condos), Vinegar Hill is a five-block square cobble-stoned neighborhood next to the Manhattan Bridge that seems to have been preserved in time circa the nineteenth century. This break in the time-space continuum is perpetuated by a sudden loss … Read more
PEDESTRIAN X-ING: No Cars Allowed!
Photo by Michelle Young 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 … Read more
IN PICTURES: The Putting Lot
On June 13th, we adventured to The Putting Lot in Bushwick, Brooklyn (covered in June 8th post). Here is what we found: All photos by Michelle Young & Brett Martin
MINI GOLF IN BUSHWICK!
The Putting Lot is a nine-hole miniature golf course designed by teams of architects, urban designers and artists on a vacant lot in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Its mission is “to inspire the imaginations of our visitors and provoke a conversation about neighborhood sustainability. The Putting Lot explores the possibility of an alternate use for these empty … Read more
