Big Brother in Bryant Park
A private company is monitoring free phone apps used by Bryant Park visitors to gain consumer "insights." Some park users said they didn't mind, while others were unnerved.
Place: Manhattan
Billionaires’ Row Critics Line Up
New buildings are rising on 57th Street, changing the streetscape and troubling some New Yorkers.
via Gothamist
Iguanas & Lizards & Pigs – Oh, My!
Unusual pets rule the roost at the Center for Avian and Exotic Medicine on the Upper West Side.
via Vocativ
Saving Manhattan’s Chinatown
Longtime residents of New York's historic, but shrinking immigrant enclave battle against being priced out of their homes.
Portals to Other Worlds
Shared Studios' "Portals" project uses audio-visual hookups in old shipping containers in New York to connect people around the globe.
“League of Legends”-Con Booms
Fans of the online fantasy game donned costumes of favorite characters to celebrate their beloved "League."
Doctors Diagnose Pact Problems
Doctors, medical students and activists protested Trans-Pacific Partnership provisions that could drive up drug prices.
via DNAInfo
Artists Ousted From Harlem
The Chashama Residency was one of the last affordable spaces for the neighborhood’s creative community.