The Lowline Lab, a prototype for the larger Lowline underground park, is now open to the public in New York City.A flower growing underground at the Lowline Lab in Manhattan. Image Source: Nickolaus Hines
James Ramsey and Dan Barasch were sharing drinks in 2009 when they decided to seriously consider an idea that sounded straight out of a 1950s science fiction movie.
Ramsey, owner of the Raad Studio design firm in Manhattan, had recently been exposed to what lay under the Lower East Side’s bustling Delancey Street: an abandoned trolley terminal. Read More...
Written sometime between 200 B.C. and 100 A.D., the Seikilos epitaph is the oldest complete musical composition in existence — hear it for yourself.Wikimedia CommonsThe marble stele on which the Seikilos epitaph was first found.
It’s all but impossible to know just how long music has been around, since humans only started writing music down around the 14th century B.C. Archaeologists have discovered fragments of an ancient Sumerian hymn dating back to that period in the Syrian city of Ugarit. Read More...
"And another thing...the crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight." Lyndon B. Johnson is a president with a complex legacy, from his military actions in Vietnam to his support for Civil Rights, but while historians and people may disagree on exactly how he ranks among other US presidents, they can all agree that he was the one most obsessed with his dick.
In this insane audio recording of a phone call made by Johnson, you can listen in on the US president talking in explicit terms about the measurements he needs for his pants when ordering slacks from the Haggar clothing company. Read More...
