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Urban beekeeping has really taken off in New York since the practice was legalised in the city in recent years.
And even Manhattan’s famous Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue has developed a successful rooftop apiary in a bid to drive the hotel toward ever increasing sustainability.
via Urban GhostsDid You Know? The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC Produces its Own Honey – Urban Ghosts.
If you’re going to complete this quest, bring a GPS tracker or have a damn good internal compass. Comb the southern area of Central Park and keep your eyes to the ground. Look for a rocky area and then scan the surfaces for an unnatural addition.Connect the dots correctly, you’ll find a certain unmarked relic of which few are aware.The discovery itself isn’t much to see. It’s merely a bolt — a long, jagged piece of metal that was battered into the ground some 200 years ago.But it’s one of the last vestiges of lost New York that lives in plain sight without an official plaque highlighting its existence. And it’s become a popular treasure hunt for New York history enthusiasts and surveying hobbyists alike, a group of people who prefer not to divulge their knowledge of the relics’ precise locations.
Source: The Hidden Bolts that Drive Manhattan’s Infrastructure Nerds Nuts | Atlas Obscura
Gentrification is an incredibly hot subject right now — it seems to be the subject of endless articles and hot takes, as people try to decide just how damaging it is that people with money are suddenly taking an interest in so many once-undesirable neighborhoods in New York, D.C., and other cities, often leading to rising rents and longtime residents being forced to live elsewhere.But what if gentrification just isn’t as big a piece of the inequality puzzle as everyone thinks? That’s the thesis of an interesting post and accompanying infographics at City Observatory, an organization that studies urban issues (and is funded by the Knight Foundation). The post, as the headline of one of the infographics puts it, argues that “Concentrated poverty is a bigger problem than gentrification.”
Source: Is Everyone Focusing Too Much on Gentrification? — Science of Us
What will New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and 7 other cities look like in the future? Concept art depicts them in various states of decay and splendor.
Source: Here Today, Drawn Tomorrow: 16 Future Visions of 10 Cities | Urbanist
Designer Shelters for Cities’ Stray Cats – Technology – The Atlantic Cities.
“It’s estimated that there are over 10,000 stray cats in New York City. But with myriad other human problems, issues like feral cats tend to fall by the city’s wayside. A recent competition organized by Architects for Animals asked the city’s designers to address the burgeoning problem by designing a prototype cat shelter that could be replicated throughout the five boroughs.”
A nice thing for the cats. I wonder what will keep other creatures from using them. If the cats get in there rodents will stay away. But it may take awhile before the cats get into them. I had a cat who would never go inside the shelter I built for her outside, stubborn, tough cat!
