A simple health intervention--a sign that tells people to skip the elevator for the stairs--is having dramatic effects on the health of New Yorkers.READ»
Billings-Burford, the head of NYC Service, discusses the courage and innovative spirit organizations must have to use volunteers to help expand their services.READ»
Sure, it would be neat if an app could help me find a local pickup game in my neighborhood, but is that something residents of New York City actually need?READ»
Irene did less damage than expected, but when the next big storm comes (and it will), cities that have made innovative decisions in how they run operations will be better off.READ»
New York celebrity facialist Joanna Vargas, realizing her own business was in need of a refresh, rebranded her salon--and subsequently tripled business, allowing for the launch of a luxury skincare line. As her before and after proves, branding--whether it's for tennis shoes or expensive eye cream--is never a luxury, but a necessity. READ»
Last year, Brooklyn photographer Peter Ross got rare access to something every 16-year-old kid who writes bad poetry and quotes generously from Naked Lunch would kill for: William S. Burroughs’s old pied-à-terre in New York City. ...READ»
The High Line’s newest feature is designed for kids, who have, until now, been its most overlooked audience members. “The weirder and harder it is, the easier for me,” says Cas Holman, industrial designer, toy inventor, and the ...READ»
NYC's chief digital officer Rachel Sterne is trying to make the Big Apple run more like Apple. And she's adding metrics-based solutions to hold her digital initiatives accountable.READ»
Using one of the city's many stalled construction sites as a home, the farm of New York's Riverpark restaurant supplies the kitchen with fresh produce, without having a permanent home.READ»
Using a system of sensors and cameras, the new program lets city engineers control traffic signals in real time in response to changing road conditions.READ»
Among the high-rises that have sprung up like so much tall grass along Chelsea’s High Line, stands the Metal Shutter Houses, Shigeru Ban’s relatively humble contribution to the area that has been dubbed Starchitect Row. Sandwiched ...READ»
The second leg of the High Line, the uber-sexy elevated park that has transformed westside Manhattan into a voyeur’s paradise, opened to great, honking fanfare on Tuesday, as we reported earlier today.
This time, there are ...READ»
New York City is getting ready to launch a novel, if vaguely horrifying, anti-speeding measure. It’ll take the electronic signs that the Department of Transportation uses to announce traffic and weather conditions, and program them ...READ»
Yesterday, the Kingdom of Netherlands officially unveiled a $2.3 million pavilion at Peter Minuit Plaza in Manhattan, a national gift to New York designed to honor the city's rich Dutch history. The 5,000-square-foot pavilion was the ...READ»
Today, BMW announced the planned creation of a tech incubator in New York City to seed innovations in mobile and location-based services. The announcement follows the automaker's establishment in February of a venture capital company, BMW i Ventures, with an investment fund of as much as $100 million.READ»
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg unveiled a system of QR tags today meant to give citizens quicker access to information about new construction projects. The QR codes will be posted on every construction permit city-wide; by ...READ»
Ending months of anticipation, rock-star Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) revealed details of a massive residential complex in New York City yesterday. W57 -- named for the street on the Hudson River where the ...READ»
dGenerate Films gives Chinese independent filmmakers a voice in the United States, with the help of founder Karin Chien, a former sub-prime mortgage advisor.READ»
