Heartwalk Pavilion Made of Hurricane Sandy-Salvaged Boardwalk Planks Opens in Times Square

Heartwalk Pavilion Made of Hurricane Sandy-Salvaged Boardwalk Planks Opens in Times Square

You could really feel the love in Times Square this morning with the unveiling of Heartwalk, a heart-shaped art installation made of boardwalk planks salvaged after Hurricane Sandy. Conceptualized and designed by Brooklyn's Situ Studio, the LED-laced pavilion will provide lovers and others with the perfect photo opp backdrop for Valentine's Day on Thursday. Click through our gallery to see pics of this romantically recycled piece of public art.
 

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Chinatown Snowman Returns After Winter Storm Nemo

Chinatown Snowman Returns After Winter Storm Nemo

He's baaack! After a long hiatus due to warm weather, the famous Chinatown Snowman has returned to the corner of Essex and Canal after winter storm Nemo, and this time he even brought a little friend with him (see our pics). Passersby in the neighborhood were delighted to see His Frostiness' familiar vegefied face and traffic cone hat, but with temps rising, he may not be here to stay.
 

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Fantastic Snow Sculptures Pop Up on the High Line After Winter Storm Nemo

Fantastic Snow Sculptures Pop Up on the High Line After Winter Storm Nemo

Winter storm Nemo covered New York in a blanket of white this weekend, and the High Line was inspired to take full advantage! On Sunday, the elevated park hosted a Snow Sculpt-Off, inviting snow bunnies of all ages to build 3D art out of the plentiful material. The best designs included a Snow Dragon, a Snowboat and even Snow Rats (hey, it wouldn't be NYC without some rodents, right). Click through our gallery to see our favorites.
 

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PHOTOS: Inhabitat Explores the Outsider Art Fair’s Fascinating Eco-Creations

PHOTOS: Inhabitat Explores the Outsider Art Fair’s Fascinating Eco-Creations

The Outsider Art Fair hits Manhattan every year, celebrating the work of creators from all backgrounds - including the reclusive and mentally disabled. Many of the exhibiting artists work with found and recycled objects, and Inhabitat recently had a chance to tour the fair and see some of the fascinating upcycled works. Read on to see our favorites.
 

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Officials Worried About One World Trade Center Site’s Vulnerability to Future Storm Surge Floods

Officials Worried About One World Trade Center Site’s Vulnerability to Future Storm Surge Floods

As construction at One World Trade Center continues towards its estimated completion in 2020, officials are worrying about how to safeguard the site from storm flooding. Although the tower itself is expected to be finished next year, other parts of the 16-acre site will still be under construction for the next eight years. So far, the Port Authority has been keeping a tight lip on what their plans are for preventing flooding of the site due to sea level rise, which could cost upwards of $2 billion to repair.
 

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“Bloody” MetroCards Raise Awareness About How to Prevent Subway Deaths in NYC

“Bloody” MetroCards Raise Awareness About How to Prevent Subway Deaths in NYC

New York’s Transit Workers Union is dead tired of all of the subway accidents that have been occurring in the city, and yesterday they unleashed a campaign about a practice that could make trains a lot safer. As part of the effort, the union handed out “blood”-spattered MetroCards to straphangers outlining a plan to have trains slow down as they enter subway stations. Emblazoned with the Grim Reaper, the cards ask people to show support for slowed trains, which can give drivers just enough extra reaction time to prevent deaths on the tracks.


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Dreamy Flowerbox Duplex Boasts Indoor Fish Pond, Vertical Garden and Transforming Furniture

Dreamy Flowerbox Duplex Boasts Indoor Fish Pond, Vertical Garden and Transforming Furniture

New York City has no shortage of over-the-top fantasy apartments, but we're pretty sure there's only one that features an indoor fish pond, a vertical garden and clever transforming furniture all behind one lovely, flowering facade. The Flowerbox Duplex, named for the self-irrigating planter boxes that adorn its street-facing wall, is one of the most charming and envy-inducing homes we've seen in the city. From clean, modern furnishings to multiple terraces to a balcony-style kitchen, step inside our photo tour to see all that this delightful Lower East Side apartment has to offer.
 

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Mets Owners Want to Build a Vegas-Style Casino Next to Citi Field at Willets Point

Mets Owners Want to Build a Vegas-Style Casino Next to Citi Field at Willets Point

Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are all for the redevelopment of the industrial Willets Point neighborhood next to Citi Field – as long as it includes a Las Vegas-style casino. Last year, Mayor Bloomberg announced plans to overhaul the area into a LEED-seeking

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Colorful Rhinebeck Jewish Center Will Be Upcycled from Old Barn Wood

Colorful Rhinebeck Jewish Center Will Be Upcycled from Old Barn Wood

Rhinebeck Jewish Center is getting a cheerful new green home that will be upcycled from a historic barn. Designed by Yeshaya Shor, the new synagogue will recycle wood salvaged from an existing barn, giving it new life in a community center. Coupled with green technology such as rainwater collection and passive heating and cooling, the new building will be a welcoming and green place of prayer.
 

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Need Cheap Paint? Get Surplus Cans from the Brooklyn Bridge for a Few Bucks a Pop

Need Cheap Paint? Get Surplus Cans from the Brooklyn Bridge for a Few Bucks a Pop

NYC is giving those of us doing home improvements a reason to paint the town red (or brown or green) by offering up surplus colors from the Brooklyn Bridge and other projects for cheap. The NY Times’ Sam Roberts reports that New York’s Department of Citywide

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Upper West Side’s First BigBelly Solar Trash Can Hits the Streets

Upper West Side’s First BigBelly Solar Trash Can Hits the Streets

The Upper West Side recently got a new BigBelly Solar trash at the corner of West 77th and Columbus Avenue. It’s the first solar-powered trash can on the Upper West Side and chances are that it won’t be the last, as the City Council has already begun gathering

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American Museum of Natural History’s Global Kitchen Invites You to Eat from Its Massive LED Vertical Farm

American Museum of Natural History’s Global Kitchen Invites You to Eat from Its Massive LED Vertical Farm

The American Museum of Natural History’s new Global Kitchen exhibition invites visitors to learn more about their food while sampling veggies from a massive LED vertical garden. Curated by Eleanor J. Sterling and Mark A. Norell, the show takes you through the history and culture of food from farm to fork and invites you to taste, touch, smell and experience healthy food while learning about sustainable tools for longevity and health. Click through our gallery to explore some of our favorite parts of the Global Kitchen!
 

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Javits Center to Get a 292,000 sq. ft. Green Roof

Javits Center to Get a 292,000 sq. ft. Green Roof

The West Side’s sprawling Jacob Javits Convention Center is soon to become home to one of New York’s largest green roof systems. Durham-based company Xero Flor has been called in to transform the roof into an energy-saving green haven. The plan is to cover

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Sandy-Destroyed Persian Carpet Made of Real Sugar Gets Restored Thanks to Domino Sugar

Sandy-Destroyed Persian Carpet Made of Real Sugar Gets Restored Thanks to Domino Sugar

Considering that Hurricane Sandy ravaged entire neighborhoods, it’s no surprise that artist Aude Moreau’s giant carpet made of real sugar was washed away in the storm. But it looks like Brooklyn’s Smack Mellon Gallery, where the work was housed, will be

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New Video Showcases 3 Passive House Retro-Fits in Brooklyn

New Video Showcases 3 Passive House Retro-Fits in Brooklyn

Passive Houses are supertight, well-ventilated, heavily-insulated buildings that require up to 90% less energy for heating and cooling. The movement, which began in Germany over 20 years ago, is slowly spreading in the United States, and in Brooklyn in particular.

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Thousands of Christmas Trees Upcycled to Protect Long Beach’s Shoreline After Hurricane Sandy

Thousands of Christmas Trees Upcycled to Protect Long Beach’s Shoreline After Hurricane Sandy

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Long after the glimmer of the holidays has worn off, thousands of Christmas trees in Long Beach, Long Island are being given new lives as protectors of the beach. The dried out pines were scattered along the shoreline as stand-ins

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NYC Underground: New MTA Photos Show Construction of Second Avenue Subway Line Well Underway

NYC Underground: New MTA Photos Show Construction of Second Avenue Subway Line Well Underway

The highly anticipated Second Avenue subway train is making leaps and bounds, promising to be opened as planned in 2016. To show the progress they've made to date, the MTA has posted a slew of new photos revealing that the new station is really coming together. The hubs at 86th, 73rd and 63rd Streets are already each more than a third of the way complete, and they look like they’ll be poised to carry the anticipated 220,000 daily commuters starting December 2016!
 

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nARCHITECTs’ adAPT NYC Micro Apartments Feature Convertible Furniture and Multi-Use Rooms

nARCHITECTs’ adAPT NYC Micro Apartments Feature Convertible Furniture and Multi-Use Rooms

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg awarded nARCHITECTS, Monadnock Development LLC and Actors Fund HDC as the winners of the adAPT NYC micro-apartment competition. Their tiny dwelling proposal will be the basis for fifty-five mini units at Kips Bay on 27th Street in Manhattan. The one and two person households will not only be affordable, but give residents the feeling of expansive space with higher ceilings, ample windows, and terrace access.
 

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DomeStar is a Dazzling LED Party Pavilion That Invites Guests to “Dance Their Blinkin’ Faces Off”

DomeStar is a Dazzling LED Party Pavilion That Invites Guests to “Dance Their Blinkin’ Faces Off”

If you thought Tokyo and Times Square were bright, they ain't got nothin' on the illuminated insanity that is the DomeStar. We'd heard about this tricked out, 16-foot diameter dome laced with 6,400 addressable RGB LEDs before, but finally got to check it out in person at the 2012 Maker Faire in Queens. As you can see from our photos, the pavilion is every bit as enjoyable as the legends say, and the best part is that NYC Resistor created it using open-source components, so it's totally possible for fans to build DomeStars of their own. Click through our gallery to check out this dazzling party pavilion in action.
 

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The Dontflushme Visualight Illuminates to Warn New Yorkers About Sewage Overflows

The Dontflushme Visualight Illuminates to Warn New Yorkers About Sewage Overflows

DontFlushMe is a notification system that allows New Yorkers to take sewage overflow into their own hands (and we mean that in the least disgusting way possible). We first met DontFlushMe’s inventor Leif Percifield when he introduced the system to us, and

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Historic Buildings May See Adaptive Reuse as Brooklyn Public Library Considers Closing Some Branches

Historic Buildings May See Adaptive Reuse as Brooklyn Public Library Considers Closing Some Branches

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Brooklynites value their books, but some branches of the Brooklyn Public Library just aren’t seeing any play. Aging, in disrepair and underused, these satellite libraries were built in the early 1900s before most neighborhoods developed

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Bronx River Right-of-Way Would Transform a Historic Train Station into a Waterfront Hub

Bronx River Right-of-Way Would Transform a Historic Train Station into a Waterfront Hub

As part of the redevelopment of the Bronx River Greenway, SLO Architecture has proposed the transformation of a disused train station into an innovative two-part project for the Bronx River. Called the Bronx River Right-of-Way, the project would give new

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Gristedes Billionaire Wants to be Mayor of NYC for Just 99 Cents a Year

Gristedes Billionaire Wants to be Mayor of NYC for Just 99 Cents a Year

Gristedes Supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis wants to be New York’s next mayor — for just 99 cents! The grocer-turned-magnate announced his bid to succeed Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, with it came news that he’d work for less than Bloomberg’s

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City Proposes Pedestrian Plaza for South Williamsburg

City Proposes Pedestrian Plaza for South Williamsburg

As Williamsburg expands into the once strictly Hasidic south side, the city has reacted by planning a pedestrian plaza on the stretch of Broadway near the Williamsburg Bridge. Just east of Bedford Avenue, the plaza would create a triangular park with chairs,

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Olek Hits the East Village with Two Yarn Bombed Sleds in Honor of Winter

Olek Hits the East Village with Two Yarn Bombed Sleds in Honor of Winter

Guerilla crochet artist Olek has been enlivening New York City streets with her fresh yarn creations for the past few years. Now her most recent Manhattan installations pay tribute to the freezing temperatures we experienced recently (before this freaky new

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