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Who remembers the days when telephone and electrical lines ruled the sky? [Image]

Ashraf June 13, 2013 2
Who remembers the days when telephone and electrical lines ruled the sky? [Image]

These photos are of telephone lines over New York in 1887, so I doubt anyone remembers this specific scene. But, still, the question is valid: who remembers those days? In fact, for some people “those days” are today. I’m currently overseas and electrical lines still rule the sky here; not so much anymore in the States.

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Thunder scares the crap out of Yankees during baseball game with Red Sox [Video]

Alexander Maxham June 4, 2013 2

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On Sunday night, the Yankees were playing the Red Sox in New York, in which they lost. But that’s not what this story is about. There was a major thunderstorm in New York during the game, and a shot of thunder spooked the Yankees. In fact, it spooked the Red [...]

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Check out these awesome payphone of the future designs, the finalists of NYC’s payphone design contest [Video]

Enrique Manalang March 8, 2013 7

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Last December, the city of New York announced a challenge for people to reinvent the old payphone. Now they’ve announced the six finalists of the Reinvent Payphones challenge, offering us a look at what the competing designers have been cooking up. These finalists will be a part of a public [...]

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This New Yorker’s amazing 420 square feet apartment transforms into eight rooms

Enrique Manalang January 18, 2013 8

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When you’re looking for an apartment in New York, don’t be surprised if you end up with living space that’s much smaller than what you’re used to. It seems to be the norm, unless you’re of the wealthy and famous kind of course. But small living spaces don’t necessarily mean [...]

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