Anatomy of the city
On the subway today trying to explain the MTA map to the curious kid. Looking at it anew, I noticed — not that I shared this with him — yeah, it does look like a shlong, doesn’t it? All in all it was a nice visit to the Upper East Urethra but I’m glad to [...]
I knew it was bad, but … $26k?
A $60,000 salary [in New York] buys the same standard of living as someone making $26,092 in Atlanta, according to the Center for an Urban Future.
Bearer of bad tidings was Jason Buhrmester. If you live in Atlanta, buy his book — you can afford it.
The urban cement pond
This is pretty sweet — somewhere in Brooklyn, people are cooling off on this sweltering day in a swimming pool made out of dumpsters.
Crate expectations
Pier 57 on the West Side of Manhattan will be transformed into a shopping mall. Groan! Only not — this looks very cool. Design firm LOT-EK has submitted the winning proposal for a shopping area made of shipping containers. Inhabitat has more details and more small pictures.
Can’t stand these links for Friday
They say the internet is a series of chairs. This is some stuff stuck to the bottom of those chairs.
British retailer eliminates so-called “boobage penalty.” Actually nobody has called it the “boobage penalty.” I just made that up. Stand back, I’m a professional writer.
Honestly I didn’t think Eddie Izzard could be any funnier. But that’s [...]
I read a sign today oh boy
Aww, this is less cute.
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