Sunken “sidescraper” bordering New York’s Central Park wins skyscraper competition



US designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu have proposed transforming Manhattan‘s Central Park into a sunken landscape encircled by a below-grade megastructure with office, housing, retail and cultural space. (more…)

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“We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are…”

“We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images.”

John Gardner
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The Evolution of Anxiety: Why We Worry and What to Do About It

Let’s pretend for a moment that you are a giraffe. You live on the grasslands of the African savannah. You have a neck that is 7 feet long (2.1 meters). Every now and then, you spot a group of humans driving around on a safari taking pictures of you.

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Deadspin Hoo Boy, Something’s Up With Matt Harvey | Jezebel Is This the End of the Era of the Import

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Bogota, Columbia

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The Morning Might Be the Best Time for a First Date

When it comes to first dates, dinner or evening drinks is a lot of people’s go-to. That may seem romantic, but your mental resources are almost depleted by the end of the day, and that can make your first date your only date.

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