Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have a crazy plan—to create a park, filled with greenery, underneath New York City. The two are developing the Lowline, an underground greenspace the size of a football field. They're building it in a trolley terminal abandoned in 1948, using technology that harvests sun

Come explore with us Madurodam the famous Miniature City in Holland The Hague - Den Haag Ever wanted to see what a miniature city looks like ? Madurodam which is actually a war memorial did a beautiful imitation of a mini city near The Hague in the Netherlands. We were super exited to explore this ...

A Major 5.8 earthquake rattles the north east coast of the United States on Tuesday August 23, 2011 around 1:15 PM ET. The earthquake was felt in Washington DC and New York City as well as throughout the rest of the coastal states from South Carolina to Massachusets. The Pentagon was evacuated as ...

The FDNY has released its first ever “It Gets Better” video, in support of the It Gets Better Project. The Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth around the world that life gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to

NEW YORK CITY – OCTOBER 7, 2013 – ACT UP/New York and allies celebrated the New York Public Library’s landmark exhibition on AIDS activism with a demonstration on the first day of the exhibit, Friday, October 4th. More than thirty ACT UP members and allies collected in the exhibit room and died-in o

For Lady Liberty's 130th birthday, EarthCam created this commemorative, award-winning time-lapse movie for all to share and enjoy. Experience 365 days of the Statue of Liberty, from driving rain to falling snow to mesmerizing sunsets. This 4K time-lapse combines multiple views of America's Great Lad...

Jen The Body Painter: We walked around a mall to see if we could fool any of the people working in clothing stores. Some unexpected things happened.

Richard Socarides remembers coming out to his father, one of the founders of conversion therapy who believed homosexuality is a mental illness and can be cured. His aim is to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people learn more about their community, straight people learn more about...

This Sunday our community will observe Tisha B'av and turn our attention to the city of Jerusalem, mourning the destruction of its temples some two millenniums ago. Here is the most famous love song to Jerusalem, my hometown, sung with my amazing colleagues Cantors Netanel Herstik and Yaakov Lemmer ...

To commemorate World Pride, taking place in New York City on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in late June, the New York Public Libray has curated a stunning exhibition exploring the early fight for LGBTQ rights. The exhibit features the photographs of Kay Tobin Lahusen and Diana Davies—”