New York
Bamboo bikes are all the rage, and the only thing better than riding around on the trendiest of wheels is building your own. Enter Bamboo Bike Studio, founded to “harness the possibility and promise of self-propulsion.” The NYC-based company offers a weekend bamboo bike building class, with the cost of… Read the rest
I always thought the police academy was an institution of smiles – where funny voices and practical jokes ruled and cadets like Carey Mahoney and Moses Hightower were head of the class. My how the times have changed.
New York Police Department officer Patrick Pogan, 23, was a budding new… Read the rest
We are loving these NYC bike racks designed by David Byrne. Unfortunately, it looks like they are temporary installations and will be pulled down 11 months from now. The best part about them — besides hopefully encouraging people to ride their bikes — is their names. A sampling: The Coffee… Read the rest
It might sound crazy, but it’s all part of Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to green the Big Apple. Well, it could be according to his statement at the National Clean Energy Summit on Tuesday:
Perhaps companies will want to put wind turbines atop bridges and skyscrapers, or use the enormous potential … Read the rest
A couple of months ago I posted about the French climber Alain Robert who scaled a building in Sao Paolo. Yesterday he took on the 52-story New York Times building. The man’s not just hardcore, he says his climbing is an attempt to raise awareness for global warming. As part… Read the rest
