Posts tagged "new york"
  1. Notes: 6 / 2 months ago 

    Cornell. NYU. Cornell. NYU.

    Can’t decide for the life of me. I’m limiting the number of colleges I still need, so I have to pick just one of them. Neither school is a terrific fit for me, but both of them have things that attract me.

    If I choose Cornell, it would be my only Ivy. Applying to an Ivy League school is something that I feel I should at least give a shot at. I’d be unsatisfied with my life if I never gave myself that chance.

    On the other hand, NYU is in NYC, one of the few places I really, really want spend my college years at. NYU is the only feasible school for me there (besides NYU-Poly). If I don’t apply NYU, attending school in NYC would simply be an empty dream.

    Choices.

  2. Notes: 95 / 3 months ago  from lannylieu-deactivated20111029 (originally from raniaaaa-deactivated20111020-de)
     
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  4. Notes: 15 / 9 months ago  from strle
    This is the new New York City taxi

    strle:

    The city of New York will choose Nissan as the supplier for the next generation of taxi cabs, giving the Japanese automaker an exclusive 10-year contract for the city’s fleet of 13,200 yellow people haulers.

    Great choice if you ask me. This particular van is fugly, but anything is better than the Crown Victoria. Personally, I actually love Crown Vics, but they are just terrible as taxis.

    With V8 rear-wheel-drive, they are pretty much good on highways and nowhere else. Lore has it that Crown Vic taxis came to being when cab companies bought decommissioned police cruisers for their enhanced reliability and durability. But V8 is way too much power and fuel consumption for city use, and the RWD makes handling quite sloppy. The huge size of Vics makes them even worse for city driving. 

    Also, sedans are terrible by design (this obviously coming from a wagon fan). Body-on-frame American sedans are particularly bad. Long hood + long trunk = waste of space. Even Ford is pushing their Transit Connect van for taxi duty.

    With a van:

    • Increased vertical height + smaller footwells = Shorter hood
    • Shorter hood = Less length + better visibility around buildings
    • Increased vertical height = Upright seating + easier passenger ingress/egress = Better comfort = Smaller vehicle size
    • Lack of trunk = Single compartment for passengers and luggage = Flexible space usage + simpler boarding/exit procedure + larger luggage can fit
    You get me? The benefits of throwing out the Crown Vics are far more significant than holding onto a storied New York symbol.

  5. Notes: 17 / 10 months ago  from designingcorey
    designingcorey:

Columbus Circle 2011. 

    designingcorey:

    Columbus Circle 2011. 

     
  6. Notes: 8 / 10 months ago  from lilikoigirl
    lilikoigirl:

NYC - Andree Wallin

Such an amazingly intricate painting.

    lilikoigirl:

    NYC - Andree Wallin

    Such an amazingly intricate painting.

     
  7. Notes: 12 / 11 months ago  from oliphillips
    oliphillips:

One Hundred Years of Photography From National Archives: New York City
More here.

    oliphillips:

    One Hundred Years of Photography From National Archives: New York City

    More here.

     
  8. Notes: 4 / 12 months ago  from direcciondearte
    direcciondearte:

Packaging
Original packaging diseñado por un estudiante de diseño Alex Creamer, consistió en un envase de espaguetis para un proyecto de clase, creando una representación del edificio Chrysler, Nueva York.
Esther Bernardo

Gourmet spaghetti in the motif of the New York Chrysler building, created by a design student.

    direcciondearte:

    Packaging

    Original packaging diseñado por un estudiante de diseño Alex Creamer, consistió en un envase de espaguetis para un proyecto de clase, creando una representación del edificio Chrysler, Nueva York.

    Esther Bernardo

    Gourmet spaghetti in the motif of the New York Chrysler building, created by a design student.

     
  9. Notes: 7 / 1 year ago 
    New Year’s celebration in Times Square, 1956. 
Kleenex, the only tissue that pops up!

    New Year’s celebration in Times Square, 1956.

    Kleenex, the only tissue that pops up!

    (Source: images.google.com)

     
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