I'LL SEE YOU ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

collective-history:

Henri LaMothe celebrates his 70th birthday by jumping 40 feet into 12 inches of water at the Flatiron Building, 1974. 

(via collectivehistory)

decoarchitecture:

Fabulous view of Manhattan, including the Empire State Building (possible unfinished?), from the perspective of the Waldorf-Astoria uptown. 

archimaps:

The top of the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York

fernand0:

Devicescape: Profiting From Other People’s Wi-Fi - Businessweek

telecoscmt:

(vía Devicescape: Profiting From Other People’s Wi-Fi - Businessweek)

“The Silicon Valley company has assembled a database of more than 8 million “unsecured” wireless routers, owned by coffee shops, cities, and other entities that have either intentionally made them available to the public, or not gotten around to setting up a password to keep freeloaders out. “There’s a huge network that’s been hiding in plain sight,” says David Fraser, Devicescape’s chief executive officer. “Why not use it?””   

(via humanscalecities)

kenyatta:

Manhattan Bridge, 1908

markcoatney:

kateoplis:

NYC Dept of Records debuts its online photo database: 

Oh. Oh my.

burnedshoes:

© William Gale Gedney, 1960, Man on sidewalk with shadow, New York

(thanks to / via: yama-bato)

(via mudwerks)

liquidnight:

Elliott Erwitt

New York City, 1955

[via Everyday_I_Show]

(via atompunk)

decoarchitecture:

Chrysler Building, NYC, New York
by Laszlo Mag

On a partly cloudy day.

decoarchitecture:

Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NYC, New York
via judaizers

Gaze upon a gorgeous entrance.

liquidnight:

Jerome Liebling

Woman at Window

New York City, 1947

From Jerome Liebling: Photographs

(via mudwerks)

decoarchitecture:

Projected Redevelopment of Ellis Island by Frank Lloyd Wright
via archimaps

One of those WTF designs Wright came up with in his late, late years. it reminds me of Deco, psychedelia, fractals, East Asian art and more. As Simon & Garfunkel sang, “So long… Frank Lloyd Wright.”

archimaps:

Wright’s Key project for Ellis Island in 1959, New York Harbor

szegény Wright ekkorra már teljesen más világban élt :(((