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Sat, 18 May 2013 12:58:57 -0400

For real.

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:30:25 -0400

For real.

deadpaint: Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:30:49 -0400

deadpaint:

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969

mothernaturenetwork: 6 island nations threatened by climate...

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:30:37 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

6 island nations threatened by climate change

Who even knew they used giant magnets to catch fish!

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:37:17 -0400

Who even knew they used giant magnets to catch fish!

Korean People’s Army soldiers observing the South Korean...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:07:41 -0400

Korean People’s Army soldiers observing the South Korean side of the DMZ

Wind Turbines in Car Grill

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:56:24 -0400

Wind Turbines in Car Grill

deadpaint: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Nervous People Eating

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:25:27 -0400

deadpaint:

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Nervous People Eating

Motorcycles v Cars

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:30:05 -0400

Motorcycles v Cars

collective-history: Calvin Coolidge and Speaker of the House...

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:49:11 -0400

collective-history:

Calvin Coolidge and Speaker of the House Frederick Gillett exercise in the Congressional Gym ca. 1923

sciencecenter: Amazing technology would allow for underground...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:02:57 -0400

sciencecenter:

Amazing technology would allow for underground parks in NYC

If you’ve been to Manhattan in the past several years, you may have heard of the Highline in Chelsea. It’s a project that converted an abandoned above-ground railroad track into a park, and it has turned the formerly underdeveloped area around it into one of the trendiest new neighborhoods in the city; if you visit Manhattan, you have to check it out. Anyway, two architects want to build a park that will do for the Lower East Side what the Highline did for Chelsea, but with a twist: they want to build it underground!

If you’ve been to Manhattan ever, you’ll also know that space is at a premium, and there are few open spaces left to grow leafy green things or build a park. Dubbed the LowLine, the project would convert an old underground trolley car station, abandoned in 1948 and untouched since, into a 1.5 acre underground park. But how? This is where the science comes in: they’ve developed the technology to transmit sunlight underground. Using large parabolic mirrors and a fiber optic relay, sunlight from the surface would be shuttled to the park and then redisbursed, allegedly yielding enough light for photosynthesis. As shown in the artist’s renderings above, the park could house trees, grass, farmers markets, or art installations, all year round, rain or shine. The architects raised money on Kickstarter for a proof-of-concept exhibition, happening RIGHT NOW in the Essex Street Market in NYC, and they’re doing battle with the city and the transit authority that owns the underground depot for approval. Here’s to hoping the city bureaucrats see the light! *slaps knee*

Quick Links

TheLowLine.Org

LowLine Kickstarter Project Page

Meet the LowLine - The New Yorker

arteachday: Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919.

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:53:06 -0400

arteachday:

Marcel Duchamp, L.H.O.O.Q., 1919.

The Smiths are so good

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:24:08 -0400

The Smiths are so good

Groovin’ today

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:22:56 -0400

Groovin’ today

mothernaturenetwork: U.S. approves huge wind farm in WyomingThe...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:18:32 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

U.S. approves huge wind farm in Wyoming
The Chokecherry and Sierra Madre project could include up to 1,000 wind turbines, which would make it the largest wind farm in North America.

Campaigning has really changed in 52 years. life: As we await...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:24:00 -0400

Campaigning has really changed in 52 years.

life:

As we await another presidential debate this evening, look back at some of our favorite LIFE photos from the campaign trail through the years.

Pictured: John F. Kennedy gives a speech while standing on a kitchen chair in Logan County, West Virginia, 1960.

deadpaint: Edvard Munch, The Artist and his Model

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:52:37 -0400

deadpaint:

Edvard Munch, The Artist and his Model

If you plan on traveling and driving.

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:16:27 -0400

If you plan on traveling and driving.

#savethearctic Great logo

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:06:42 -0400

#savethearctic Great logo

Fish farm thrives in middle of Egypt’s desert

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:33:52 -0400

Fish farm thrives in middle of Egypt’s desert