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What’s That Coming out of the Sewer? Is it an Alligator?!!!
1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed to beat it to death with their shovels.
Continue reading...20 Amazing Images of Earth as Seen From Space
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The Earth is a truly beautiful and fascinating place – even more so when seen from Space as distances and proportions take on a whole new dimension. Is this how ants see their world, we wonder? Follow us on a tour of our Blue Planet as seen from Space and be ready for some stunning pictures.
Continue reading...5 Abandoned Stations of the New York Subway System
Friday, May 8, 2009
New York City is a fascinating place, and that includes its underground too. With one of the oldest subway systems in the world, it is the site of abandoned stations, levels and platforms galore. Here we are taking an underground tour around those located beneath popular stations travelled by millions each day…
Continue reading...Garbage Transformed into Incredible Green Art Installation
Friday, August 22, 2008
It’s an unfortunate but necessary evil that trash has to lay littering the streets until collection. It’s not clean and it’s not pretty. Well, it wasn’t until artist Adrian Kondratowicz collaborated with Renee Mlynaryk to design and produce a range of colorful trash bags which have decorated the streets of New York since May this year.
Continue reading...NYC Island is For the Birds
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The last private island in New York City is now for the birds. South Brother Island, a 7 acre island with no residents or buildings, was sold to
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
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