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An homage to the occasionally moments-too-late New York subway commuter by Jessica Leibowitz. To wit:

There is no quintessential NYC experience quite like running down a subway station platform with your arms flapping all about like a distressed penguin, making eye contact with the conductor, and then hesitantly stretching out your hand to try to slip between the doors before they close.

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A drone video by creative agency Darkhorse documenting progress in the construction of the 137m tall  Bjarke Ingels ‘Via 57 West’ in New York – due for completion later this year and dubbed ‘courtscraper’ due to its supposed architectural fusion of European perimeter block and Manhattan skyscraper.

With a tacit nod to Jabba’s Khatanna, we feel

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