All these stalled construction projects around town are such a downer, but an international design firm has come up with a cool way to turn the down around, by putting up big fake iceberg facades around the sites... which is somehow less depressing than moribund development? Crain's New York reports that "the angular bright-white structures—which resemble the one that did in the HMS Titanic—are designed for quick and easy assembly and disassembly, once the real estate market revives." Of course, by the time that happens it will be impossible to distinguish between the fake icebergs and the real ones, as hell will have frozen over. more ›

A reader sent us this photo of a "Halloween-themed" window display at the Iceberg Army Navy Surplus store in SoHo. We called the shop and they claim to have received no complaints over the window, and said they don't expect to, as it's "just a Halloween display." And nothing says "Carhartts" like a pumpkin hanging. more ›