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Olafur Eliason Brings Iceland to NYC

Olafur Eliason Brings Iceland to NYC
A waterfall under the Brooklyn BridgeA "reverse waterfall" at PS1Rain at MOMAA rainbow illusion created from mist and carefully positioned lightsOlafur Eliason Brings Iceland to NYCOlafur Eliason Brings Iceland to NYCOlafur Eliason Brings Iceland to NYC

Icelandic artist Olafur Eliason has literally transformed New York City. In addition to creating exhibitions for MOMA and its satellite, PS1, Olafur built four waterfalls that are distributed throughout the East River. Inspired by the natural beauty of his home country, he was hoping to remind New Y

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Latest comment by Jessica Almanza: The Waterfalls are a total bore, they look more like a city sewer project than art. This installment is like watching the pointlessness of the Gates all over again.

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FIT - Fashion Institute of Technology, NYU, ColumbiaPartying

This High School Sells Alcohol

This High School Sells Alcohol
This High School Sells AlcoholThis High School Sells AlcoholI did spot a couple of 21+ party goers crawling through this tunnelThis High School Sells AlcoholI can't put my finger on why this is so creepyAlso extra creepyThis High School Sells AlcoholMore entertainment for the inebriated

Every summer Saturday, P.S.1 (the MOMA satellite in Queens) transforms from a really weird art museum into a really weird art museum filled with bizarre people drinking too much at the bar and dancing in ways that no person should dance in public. The fact that P.S.1 is an old converted school makes drin

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The New York Museum Pass

The New York Museum Pass

This weekend I renewed my membership to the MoMA, only to discover that my $50 purchase was kind of foolish because there is actually a 1-Year Pass available at New York Museums that allows the card holder to go into every museum in the city for free for only $30! Here are all the benefits (and the correspondi

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Thanks for the tip, but this information is not correct. The New York Pass gets you into these places, but it is not valid for a year. You can get a pass that is valid for 1,2,3, or 7 consecutive days only. They do ... MORE »

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The New Frontier in Hip: Urban Farming

The New Frontier in Hip: Urban Farming
Note the skyscraper (citi group I believe) in the background...The New Frontier in Hip: Urban FarmingThe New Frontier in Hip: Urban FarmingView from underneathThe New Frontier in Hip: Urban FarmingPouches for each productA poster explaining how it was madeChickens!!

Columbia U. Student discovers a farm in the middle of NYC... almost as surprising as the time an OTR contributor from NYU discovered a bunch of crazies doing Yoga in Times Square or the midget with two watches in Union Square.

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Don't Let the Midwestern Accent Fool You

Don't Let the Midwestern Accent Fool You

Tourist: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to MoMA from here?
Suit: F*ck you, what do I look...
Tourist, indignantly interrupting: No, f*ck you, you motherf*cking piece of sh*t. You don't want to answer, you say "I don't know". All you New Yorkers are a bunch of c*ck-sucking *ssho

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Latest comment by Jessica Almanza: Haha, I've seen that before! I have a friend who's originally from Ohio and when we visited NYC - she turned out to be one TOUGH cookie. She shoved, pushed and berated people - it was a side of her we had never seen before.

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