manhattan
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New York’s Rockefeller Centre Wants to Build a Rooftop Ride That Lets You Recreate the Historic Ironworkers Photo
One of New York City’s many tourist magnets is Rockefeller Plaza, which includes a Top of the Rock observation deck for viewing all of Manhattan. Now a real estate investment company wants to upgrade the deck with a new ride that simulates the historic 1932 Lunch Atop a Skyscraper photo — minus the risk of…
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Ranking the Ghostbusters Mini-Puft Toys From Least Distressing to Infinitely Disturbing
Yesterday, a short clip from the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife introduced the Mini-Pufts, miniature versions of the classic Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man that terrorised Manhattan back in the original 1984 movie. They’re adorable…in theory, because in practice they’re tiny nightmares who live only to torture, murder, and cannibalise each other.
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Uber Copter Is Here For People Worth $573 An Hour
Uber is a modest company with modest goals. It simply wants to change how people get around and also get New Yorkers from Manhattan to John F. Kennedy Airport in less than half an hour. I’m still not entirely sure how it plans to accomplish the former, but Uber’s plan for the latter is pretty…
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Floating Balloon Bridge Could Help Replace New York City’s Failing Subways
One of New York City’s major subway lines connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan will be out of commission for months, maybe years, and some residents are preparing for an end-of-days scenario. A few enterprising New Yorkers have proposed a gondola, but building it will be nearly as pricey and time-consuming as the subway repairs. The city…