Earlier this week, workers excavating the site of the future World Trade Centre unearthed an ancient wooden plank. Then another. Then an entire row, comprising what remains of a 9m long wood-hulled vessel, over 200 years old.
The world’s most exclusive Subway is also cooler than you’d ever thought Subway could be: Fully-functioning, inside a shipping container, delivering sandwiches up and down the full height of the Ground Zero construction – soon to top 100 storeys.
The Port Authority has released renderings of the plan for the World Trade Centre Transport hub, and they look fantastic. With an arched, spiny roof and striking curves, the hub — though it will only serve as a train station and vestibule to the new WTC — has more in common with Bilbao’s beautiful international airport than with Grand Central Terminal (they have the same designer, after all). galleryPost('wtchub', 3, '');
This year Space Invaders is celebrating their 30th anniversary. And over at the Leipzig Games Convention, they’re housing an exhibit called Space Invaders: The Anniversary Show to commemorate the event. But a bit surprisingly, one included interactive exhibit labelled “Invaders!” depicts the generally lovable but pesky aliens destroying the Twin Towers. (Because, uhh, how else would you celebrate a video game turning 30?) From the artist:
