BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Michael Massaia is a New Jersey based photographer who from 2008 to 2014 suffered from insomnia and spent his waking hours wandering around New York City. Eventually he stumbled into the renowned Central Park. The product of…
Infrared photography lets us see Central Park in a brand new way
By: Lauren Ali ALL IMAGES BY PAOLO PETTIGANI New York is the city that never sleeps and never ceases to be photographed. Perhaps one of the most captured cities by both photographers and tourists, many scenes of the Big…
Manhattan’s first meditation studio offers New Yorkers a space for Mindfulness
BY: ADRIAN SMITH What would New York City be like if everyone meditated? Less angry, you’d imagine, maybe even a bit more compassionate—at the very least more relaxed. In a fast-paced city like Manhattan, where people get caught up in…
NASA is working on a passenger plane that could travel between NYC and Tokyo in 2 hours
BY: ROB HOFFMAN New railway and aircraft technologies never fail to capture the imagination—and the future is bright, with bullet-trains that connect LA to Las Vegas in 80 minutes, and now a new rocket plane that turns an 18 hour…
With the female body as her canvas this artist blends into famous New York City landmarks
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Photographer Trina Merry uses the female body as her canvas and New York City as her background to create a unique style of art. The portraits range from iconic locations such as the Brooklyn Bridge to vibrant…
Watch New York City’s most influential buskers reveal why they sing to strangers
BY: MELISSA GONZALEZ I race to the subway, balancing a dripping tray of coffee while glancing anxiously down at my wristwatch. Already I’m late to work and I’ll no doubt be caught in the human swarm of Monday morning—sleep deprived…
NYC is adopting solar green roofs as a part of the public school curriculum
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In Manhattan’s original beatnik neighbourhood of Greenwich Village, New York City public school, PS 41, has developed a rooftop garden and solar panel setup spanning 15,000 square feet. Photo by Carla Brown Vicki Sando, a parent of…
There’s a secret country cabin with a private meadow hiding on a roof above Manhattan
BY: EDITORS In New York City, perched above bustling Greenwich Street atop the sixth storey sits a cabin with a grassy meadow and a southern-inspired porch like a Mark Twain wet dream. According to the New York Times, David Puchkoff…
How Instagram is fuelling a movement of urban explorers (Video)
You can find them in the catacombs of abandoned subway stations or on the rusty ladders of skyscrapers swaying in the wind. The high towers in the city skyline are Everest in the eyes of these youthful explorers who are…
Dark Cyanide is an 18-year old urban explorer scaling NYC’s tallest skyscrapers (Photos)
Dark Cyanide is an 18-year-old, New York City photographer who describes his work as “urban history”. In case you haven’t already guessed it, Dark Cyanide is undeterred by security guards or no trespassing signs and his curiosity has taken him…
This model with Down syndrome made history on the runway of New York Fashion Week
BY: KHADIJA KHAN Meet Jamie Brewer. She’s known for her compelling acting roles on American Horror Story. Brewer also has Down syndrome. Recently, Brewer strut her stuff down the catwalk during New York Fashion Week. Not only did she don…
In 2018, New York City will get the world’s first underground park
BY: TED BARNABY New York continues to perpetuate its self-claimed tittle as “greatest city in the world” with the construction of the world’s first underground park. The underground park—complete with sunlight, trees, grass and all natural green space—is rising from…
Science proves it could actually be your city that is making you depressed
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS A paper co-authored by academics at the University of British Columbia and Harvard has discovered the happiest and least happy cities in the United States. Joshua Gottlieb and his co-authors Edward Glaeser and Oren Ziv also discovered…