Not going home for Fall Break? Don’t fret. Bwog is here with some suggestions for you and your friends. Time to leave the MoHi bubble, maybe? Who says a staycation can’t be fun? You don’t need to leave the city for a taste of the outside world. Strengthen your New York identity and explore all the city has to […]

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for: the third phase of The High Line opens today for all the nature freaks lovers out there. (New York Times) Ice Bucket Challenge gone wrong? A Kentucky firefighter was electrocuted from nearby power lines while helping out a university marching band. (Yahoo! News) The U.S. coast guard offloaded over 719 kilos of cocaine, […]

A City Council committee has voted in favor of Columbia’s latest construction project, which sparked quite a kerfuffle over spring break. DNAinfo reports that the Council proper will make a final decision tomorrow, meaning the long wait to find out whether or not we’re going to get a Boathouse Marsh will be over. According to […]

Columbia has announced the next step in its plans for Manhattanville. In the wake of a $100 million donation earlier this year, the architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been chosen to design the new Business School. The first architects to win a MacArthur Fellowship will draw up plans for two buildings, some of […]

In tourism news, perhaps the biggest story of the summer was the opening of the High Line, an elevated park/walkway running from 20th Street to Gansevoort Street. With the sun out and a cool breeze in its hair, Bwog investigated whether the newest tourist trap is worth a visit. Formerly a freight rail line for […]