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PHOTOS: Hurricane Sandy Already Flooding Brooklyn and Manhattan

New Yorkers were told that the brunt of Hurricane Sandy would be coming this afternoon but areas of waterfront Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan are already seeing several feet of flooding. NYPD began patrolling parts of Greenpoint and Williamsburg on the East River this morning and closed down ferry piers, some of which are close to being underwater (see our photos). Authorities are strongly advising that people living in these zones jump ship as soon as possible, but if you're intent on holding down the fort, be sure to check out these survival tips.

Inside the Subterranean Essex Street Trolley Terminal, the Proposed Space for the Low Line in NYC

Two months ago, we brought you the proposal for the “Low Line,” an awesome underground park located in the abandoned Essex Street trolley terminal under Delancey Street in the Lower East Side. Designed by architect James Ramsey, the principal of RAAD, in part with Dan Barasch of tech think tank PopTech, the park, which calls for pumping natural sunlight into the subterranean space with fiber optics, looked to many to be too out there and unrealistic. But the proposal for the Delancey Underground seems to have piqued the interest of the MTA, who recently released a fantastically interesting video tour of the station. Led by Peter Hine, a senior project manager for the MTA’s Real Estate Department, the tour gives a history of the space and conveys the MTA’s excitement over the creative possibility’s for the terminal’s restoration.

VIDEO: Inhabitat Interviews MoMA Curator Paola Antonelli About ‘Talk to Me’

The Museum of Modern Art’s latest Talk to Me exhibition puts technology in the hot seat. The exhibition, put together by MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli, showcases cutting edge ‘interaction design’ with its diverse collection of machine-user interfaces,