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Subjective City: Massive Wall Map of NYC Assembled from Handwritten Directions

A few years back, artist Nobutaka Aozaki started asking directions from strangers on the streets of Manhattan, then collecting those maps (hand-drawn from memory) to assemble into a huge and ...

World’s Tallest Residential Building Planned for New York’s ‘Billionaire’s Row’

A new skyscraper looms over Central Park in Manhattan, towering above all the others, though at its current height of 1,100 feet, it's not even finished. Not only is ‘Central Park Tower’ by ...

Ultra-High Resolution: Epic 600-Megapixel Composite Photo of Manhattan

A remarkable composite with an incredible amount of detail, this photograph was assembled from nearly 200 different images of NYC representing 10,000 megapixels of data, all put together over the ...

Layers of New York City: 232,000-Picture Urban Time Lapse Remixes Day & Night

New York City never sleeps, they say, and this animation shows just how active the city is by day and at night, combining elements of both in one film that represents "22 Trips to New York, 352 ...

Architecture of Surveillance: NSA Spy Outpost in Brutalist NYC Building

Like some ancient megalith, an imposing windowless structure in Manhattan may be even more sinister than it appears. The AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street was built for machines, ...

Future NYC: 12 Design Proposals to Reshape the Big Apple

A half century or into the future, will New York City even still exist as it stands today, or will these fanciful and sometimes bizarre proposals get a chance to become reality? These visions for ...

Urban Microscape: Build Your Own Miniature Metropolis

Display your own little corner of your favorite city - or the entire metropolis of Manhattan - on your wall or table, scaled down to 1:5000 and simplified in white monochrome. ‘Microscapes’ ...

Sculptural Skyscraper: Ornate NYC Design Redefines Tower Decor

Architect Mark Foster Gage has unveiled stunning plans for this 100-story, skyline-defining structure for Midtown Manhattan with views of Central Park. Commissioned by a developer to explore a ...

Crash Pads: Sleeper Vans Let You Stay in NYC for $20 a Night

Hotel rooms in Manhattan cost hundreds and even a cheap hostel-style hotel with partition walls in the Bowery runs nearly $100 per night, but starting around $20 you can stay on the streets in ...

Two World Trade Center: BIG Redesign Deconstructs Skyscraper

A long-standing design proposal from Foster + Partners has been scrapped by developers in favor of a new scheme from BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) that presents a different face to viewers depending ...

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