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A 17-foot motorboat called "Bite Me" was capsized by the wake of a passing tugboat yesterday afternoon and a group of six people were thrown into the water. The boat's owner was taking a friend and his family, including his wife, two daughters and a nephew, for a cruise around the Statue of Liberty. On the return trip, their boat was swamped by the passing tug and all six people were in the water for about ten minutes until a passing yachtsman came to their aid. One witness was unimpressed by other boaters' behavior. "Private boats kept passing and no one stopped to help. 'It really shows what New Yorkers are made of,' said witness Jack Eisenkeit, 59."

"An eventual field of underwater turbines in NY's East River" sounds like a dream, but it turns out it may be a reality in a near future. Verdant Power, with the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority is working on the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project that would bring up to 10 Megawatts of energy from an East River turbine field. While the first turbines are supposedly being deploye this year, Verdant has been talking about this since 2004. From the Columbia News Service:

Verdant Power plans to install hundreds of what look like underwater windmills in the East River -- the misleading name for the tidal channel that separates Manhattan and Long Island.

Continue reading "Turbines in the East River"

New York is a great place to run, whether you are a beginner or veteran. Not only can you explore the city in a whole new way, as this Brooklyn runner is doing, but it's something that you can do on your own time, at relatively low cost. There are several main parks in the city that are very conducive to running. In the Bronx is Van Cortland Park, the third largest park in New York city at 1,146 acres. It has been called the "cross country mecca" because of its wooded trails, and it hosts the National Cross Country championships every year. In addition, there is a 400-meter track and you can connect to the Old Croton Aquaduct Trail - taking you to all the way to Yonkers.

Some new clues about the influences for the design of the new Shea Stadium - and it's all about the past. According to documents, the stadium's "red-brick facade" will recall "historic Ebbets Field and Hell's Gate Bridge." Well, you mention "Ebbets Fields" and everyone's on board! The refernce to ballparks of yore is very much in the tradition of Camden Yards and other new parks made to look more "old-timey." The Hell Gate Bridge mention, though, is cool - there's a great Scientific American article from 1907 that called it the "largest arch bridge in the world." We just hope there's adequate room for Mr. Met.

You've got to stop whatever you are doing and check out the urban exploration galleries at Netherworld Online. We don't know who these guys are, but they've assembled an amazing gallery of over 2000 images-- and it's top-notch breaking-an-entering type stuff. For instance, the footage from inside the new World Trade Center #7, taken over the summer-- check out the guy sitting in the bottom right corner of the photo above. Don't stop there, though-- check out these: subway explorations, St. John the Divine, Pepsi Plant, Fulton Fish Market, Red Hook Grain Terminal, Hell Gate Bridge. There's tons more-- we've spent hours in this gallery already, and we still haven't seen it all.