In its 14th year, Canstruction, hailed as the most unique food drive in the world, challenges 42 top New York City architecture and design firms to turn donated cans into creations. On display through Wednesday, November 22nd at The New York Design Center (200 Lexington Avenue at 32nd), cans are meticulously stacked and color coordinated into creative designs. Where else can you pretend to play a Canned Piano, courtesy of ads Engineers? Take Cansportation designed by Guy Nordenson and Associates? Or see a CANphibian from STV in a new habitat (surrounded by chairs)? more ›

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NY magazine has a feature on the Graffiti Habitual Offender Suppression Team, aka GHOST. It's a goldmine of information, including how German tourists cut "precise holes" to attempt to tag subway cars and the arrest of a 17 year-old who stencils ducks and pandas! more ›

Sometimes, your friends really do know best. more ›

Last Memorial Day Weekend, Gothamist was grilling and chilling with friends, family, and Hanu, the Hanukkah dog. We were wearing sandals and sunglasses, slathering butter on corn at a backyard BBQ in Park Slope. God, today's weather sucks. There's talk of grilling underneath an umbrella in the pouring rain, and that's crazy talk. We're going to watch Law & Order and Trading Spaces and pick at the spinach dip. more ›

Aaron at 601am inspired us with his suggestions for an indoor Memorial Day weekend for guests. Since lousy weather makes getting past the front door even harder, we have included many things that are great stay-at-home activities: more ›

Apparently the definition of celebrity for the Gawker stalker has finally been expanded to include people we know. Witness, a mention of James Tung's friend Genevieve, the extremely attractive designer on Trading Spaces. more ›