I remember going to a party in New York about 35 years ago. They all called me Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. I said, “You, ma’am, your name and phone number? And you, sir, your phone number? And you, sir?” And they said, “Why are you taking our phone numbers?” I said, “Because the night we land on the moon, you’re going to get called.” I was in London when we did. I called three of them, and when they answered I said, “Stupid son of a bitch,” and hung up.

Ray Bradbury, to Newsweek, Nov 12, 1995. We’re totally going to borrow this page from the Book of Bradbury.

A protest wouldn’t be a protest without clever signs!

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moneyries:

I snapped this pic of a protester at New York’s “emergency meetup” outside Senator Gillibrand and Senator Schumer’s midtown offices. Then I ran home to write this story.

One of your tumblrs had quite the adventure today!

Niagara Falls Goes Rainbow

The falls hosted what is believed to be New York’s first gay marriage early this morning, presided over by the city’s mayor. 

(photo via lgbtqnation)

jonnodotcom:

Elliott Erwitt - New York, 1956 (@ newyorker.com)

B&W photos + old school New York + plumage.  What’s not to love?

(via cmonstah)

tanya77:

bbook:

mokoyfman:

Genius.

“Life Fucked Me”?

Ha! That’s why that’s the “After” part…

caro:

The Abandoned Palace On Beekman Street « Scouting NY

THIS IS F’ING SWEET.

We have just been empowered to announce that this will be our new World Headquarters. 

Hosenball reports:

The New York Police Department has stepped up security at the headquarters of the Comedy Central cable channel after an Islamic extremist Web site posted apparent threats to the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, for making fun of the Prophet Muhammad. Paul Browne, NYPD deputy commissioner and chief spokesman, says that his department for some time has been aware of the small group, which appears to organize around a now-unreachable Web site called RevolutionMuslim.com, at least one of whose purported leaders posted threats against South Park after the scatological cartoon series made fun of Muhammad, Jesus, and the icons of several other major religions, as well as numerous prominent Hollywood celebrities, in a two-part story celebrating the program’s 200th episode. “We were aware of the threat before it surfaced and took precautions to safeguard the offices of Comedy Central,” Browne says. He declined to discuss the security measures in further detail or to disclose how NYPD managed to get advance warning that the cartoon and its producers were going to be threatened.

92y:

The MTA’s Tunnel Boring Machine for the 2nd Ave Subway arrived on April 21, to a to chillwave soundtrack, apparently.

We feel like we should add the tunnel to our Places of Interest map.

Oh my God. The Tiger has arrived.

christopherdickey:

Manhattan Abstractions, April 2010