Idlewyld

drawnyc:

Distracted no. 1 - The Bowery

(the only thing I’m curious about is - was the newspaper stand like that, or did she knock it down after thinking ‘hm. this would be an excellent spot’?)

Looks comfy.

joelzimmer:

Gold and Blue

That is a beautiful ride.

I’d never own it, but it’s still pretty.

mainstreetconnect:

Yorktown PD Search for Missing Teen Kyle Jabusch

vh1:

gusnyc:

I’m a survivor.

Lesson learned today: sitting on the 20th floor in Times Square is nauseating amidst an earthquake.

joelzimmer:

Duplicated City

We had a little shift there, but everything seems to be ok now.

Very cool.

theatlantic:

The Creative Process Behind New York’s Iconic High Line

James Corner is one of the premiere theorists and practitioners of landscape architecture, a field that emphasizes the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve specific environmental, socio-behavioral, and aesthetic outcomes. The principal designer at James Corner Field Operations, a New York-based architecture firm, Corner focuses on landscape urbanism, an amalgamation of a wide range of disciplines including landscape architecture, ecology, and urban design. In a conversation with associate editor Jared Keller, Corner discusses the creative process behind New York’s now-iconic elevated park, The High Line, whose second section opened in June.

With the High Line, we had this extraordinary artifact that in some ways was an ugly duckling, something with potential. At the turn of the century, it was derelict; the concrete and steel and tracks were obviously in disrepair, the rails rusted, the wood cracked. Most people at the time thought it should be torn down. But where some people saw dereliction, others saw inspiration. It was in the landscape running along those broken tracks. The photographs of Joel Sternfeld (fine-art color photography and publisher of Walking the High Line (2002), an anthology focusing on the railway) had a remarkable influence in allowing people to view this thing as something with potential rather than something to be skeptical of. Running for a mile and a half through the west side of Manhattan, there’s a remarkable dialogue between nature and industry—or rather, post-industry—suspended 30 feet in the air.

Photographs, schematics, landscape ecology, and more at The Atlantic

Beautiful. 

joelzimmer:

Flatiron

Beautiful.

The Daily Westchester

Taken in Saratoga, NY.