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Swim NYC (in the river)
June 13, 2013
“Like a giant strainer dropped into the river, + POOL makes it possible for everybody to swim in clean river water right here in NYC.” – What a wonderful concept. The guys behind +POOL decided they may not be able to clean the whole river but they could filter part
Rockaway – signs of progress
June 11, 2013
I have always had a soft spot for Rockaway. When I was much younger I read a book set there, and still imagine spending a summer writing there (and of course there is surfing). When Superstorm Sandy hit that area, Rockaway was hit hard. Now it’s fighting back and has
New York adopts new icon…
May 23, 2013
Design matters. New York City have adopted a updated design of the all too familiar icon used to depict facilities for the handicapped. Due to activists from activists at Gordon College, a small Christian institution in eastern Massachusetts, things have changed. The figure is no longer static, or passive, but
NYC – in three words…
April 04, 2013
Achille Coquerel and Thomas Kauffmann of French production studio Cokau Lab asked New Yorkers “What makes New York so special – in three words” – this is the result. What makes where you live special. You have three words to answer….. 3 words for NYC from Cokau on Vimeo. (via
If the world was one city….
April 04, 2013
This has me fascinated. If you moved the world’s population (6.9 billion people) into one place and moved them to the same city, how big would that city be? It depends on density, as is shown by the six cities above. Sometimes simple graphics show so much. From Flowing Data