Take five minutes today and make sure you watch this tilt pan video of New York in HD (make it full screen).
Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Green jobs to combat poverty
Using federal stimulus money, they are using it to winterize houses, cut down on carbon emissions, and helping people find jobs while doing it. While I really like the idea, the problem is that it is linked to ongoing federal funding, the kind that gets cut when you run massive deficits. Of course at the [...]
Good Business: Comet Skateboards
A cool video on Comet Skateboards and how they moved from Oakland, California to Ithaca, New York and made the transition into their new city and neighborhood by making a commitment to being good neighbors and giving back to the community. It’s a lesson many organizations and some churches could learn.
New York and Tokyo: After the seas rise
Check out the images at BLDGBlog. They are fantastic.
New York City is the future of the web
According to Anil Dash, the most exciting startups on the web are being started in New York City, not the Silicon Valley. New York City startups are as likely to be focused on the arts and crafts as on the bits and bytes, to be influenced by our unparalleled culture as by the latest browser [...]
Will a $7 Billion Dollar Flood Gate Save Venice?
This is from NPR Venice rose from mudflats in the middle of a lagoon which forms the largest wetland in the Mediterranean. One of the world’s most endangered cities, it has been subject to increasing flooding due to sinking land — but also to rising sea levels. It’s known as "aqua alta" — high water [...]
Selling out
Despite me ranting on how greed and a desire to living in an unaffordable house has caused the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, I think if given the opportunity to own this place for $102,000, it may be worth being called a hypocrite for. Even if it isn’t for sale, you can rent the first story.
