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DQM’s East Coast Relief Fund Raiser

New York City’s DQM is hosting a evening to benefit the Red Cross on Thursday November 8. 2012 at The Knitting Factory featuring performances by Will Sheff [Okkervil River], Jared Evan, Kevin Devine, Jennifer O’Connor, Jen Grae, holly Miranda, Geoff Rickly [Thursday], Bird of Youth, Jaymay, Brian Bonz, Zumo Kollie, Sonya Kitchell, and more. The [...]

London’s Top 10 Golden Oldies

6 months agoEngland / London : Londonist

2012 has seen London welcome The Shard; a new station at Blackfriars; a new playground, complete with helter-skelter; a new way to cross the river; a new theatre; and a new bus. Lest we forget London’s unique position as a city of contrasts,...Show More Summary

First day back at school for New York City children after Sandy's disruption

Related content on PhotoBlog: Cleanup, discovery and determination in Breezy Point Handwritten signs convey desperation in Sandy's aftermath Island of tears: Hurricane Sandy devastates Staten Island families Risky river crossing: Filipino kids tube to get to school

WA: Parking Plans for CRC are a City Issue

Its parking program already in flux, the city of Vancouver is preparing for what could be the biggest curve ball yet: the Columbia River Crossing.

Autumn colour in England: this orange and pleasant land

7 months agoOdd : Off Stuff Magazine

1. The sun shines on trees that are displaying their autumn colours surrounding the Palladian bridge and the lakeside Pantheon at Stourhead. 2. Visitors cross a chain bridge spanning the River Allen, surrounded by a wall of copper beech trees the ancient … Continue reading ?

photos: post-Hurricane Sandy darkness in NYC on Halloween

photos by Gretchen Robinette Williamsburg Bridge, 10/31/2012 BrooklynVegan photographer Gretchen Robinette braved the East River crossings oh Halloween to snap some pictures of an eerie Lower Manhattan in the wake of Hurricane Sandy's destruction. What follows are pictures from her...

Behold The Massive Lines For The East River Ferry This Morning

The East River Ferry is back up and running as of yesterday, giving people one more option for crossing the river into either Manhattan or Brooklyn. Naturally, like with everything else in New York right now, there are massive lines....Show More Summary

Video: Why (and how) did the salmon cross the road?

7 months agoNews : The Newsroom

In Mason County, Wash., the salmon aren't just swimming upstream—they're also swimming across the street. Due to heavy rains, local rivers are flooding and the confused fish are winding up in some strange places. And that's just fine with at least one local dog. The pooch, who must be thinking that Christmas came early, wanders [...]

Blackwall Tunnel Tolls To Fund Silvertown Crossing

7 months agoEngland / London : Londonist

TfL launched its consultation yesterday into building a further river crossing in east London. The proposal, which won government backing earlier this year, looks set to have a sting in its tail — imposing tolls on the existing Blackwall Tunnel to fund the Silvertown crossing. Show More Summary

New York Dispatch: "The Place Is Drowned"

7 months agoUS Politics / Liberal : Tapped

The high tide at 8:53 p.m. on Monday night, made higher by the full moon, sends the bay 13 feet over the Battery in Lower Manhattan. The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is flooding; so are the subways tubes that cross the East River. At least 250,000 people are already without power in Manhattan. Show More Summary

Extra, Extra

7 months agoEngland / London : Londonist

A new river crossing at Silvertown could means tolls for the Blackwall Tunnel. A man has died and two more were injured after scaffolding collapsed at a building site in Putney. Squatters plan to turn Chelsea’s empty Cross Keys pub into...Show More Summary

Haiti: Flooding in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Haiti Libre reported that the the General Hospital in Les Cayes was flooded when Hurricane Sandy hit Haiti on october 23. Haiti Libre added that a woman drowned trying to cross a river in Camp-Perrin. Written by Rakotomalala · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit ·...

A Trampoline Bridge For Bouncing Across Paris’s River Seine

The architects at Parisian firm Atelier Zündel Cristea know that bridges can be destinations in and of themselves. "Think about the lovely Pont Neuf or Pont des Arts," one team member told me. "In Paris, you don’t just cross a bridge...Show More Summary

Trampoline Bridge in Paris Would Make Crossing the River Fun Again

7 months agoTechnology / Gadgets : technabob

I’ve always had a fascination with bridges ever since I was a kid, all thanks to the rhyme that went ‘London bridge is falling down…’… Now that I think of it, it’s a sad rhyme and what does it have to do with the fair lady? Anyway, that fascination

Top 10 Videos of the Day – October 20th 2012

7 months agoOdd : Off Stuff Magazine

1. Weapon of choice Vic uni 2. cliff jumps 3. NIN – Discipline (Official Video) 4. Extremley rare Star Wars footage – Return of the Ewok PT.1 5. Crossing Winnipeg River on Sled (Rev 600) 6. Toyota Supra Drifting Unbuttons A Girl’s … Continue reading ?

This Is the Coolest Bridge I Can Imagine [Architecture]

7 months agoTechnology / Gadgets : Gizmodo

This bridge really rocks. A goddamn trampoline bridge! It may result in some broken necks and legs but screw it, that's the price you pay for having a way to cross the river Seine jumping like Spider-Man. More »

Kentucky & Indiana finalize details of agreement on responsibility split for Ohio River bridges

2012-10-16: Indiana and Kentucky officials are formally approving agreements governing the construction, financing and management of the Ohio River bridges project, which adds two new tolled river crossings in Louisville and rebuild downtown interchanges on both sides. read more Advertisement:

Watery Amsterdam

I was in Amsterdam today for a potential job — keep your fingers crossed for me, please — and I snapped a few photos of some of the canals and river. Perhaps tomorrow I’ll finally do a real post. For now, lots of shiny water. Tagged: Amsterdam, canals, photography, water, work

Friday Roundup 10/12: Cologix, Cross River, Integra

TGIF, here’s some quick takes from Cologix, Cross River, and Integra before the weekend starts: … [visit site to read more]

Risky river crossing: Filipino kids tube to get to school

Filipino elementary school students use an inflated tire tube to cross a river on their way to school in a remote village in Rizal province, east of Manila.

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