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When subways were dug by hand. The first underground line of the subway opened in October of 1904, three years after breaking ground in NYC.
Culture Buzz Via Puerto Rico. Translation: “Feed Them Better.” There's also a Subway-branded garbage truck kid where the rear loader is his big mouth.
Sports Buzz Using peppers for the braids was a nice touch.
Culture Buzz DO NOT JUMP ONTO THE SUBWAY TRACKS. DO NOT JUMP ONTO THE SUBWAY TRACKS.
Culture Buzz There are so many things wrong with this picture. Let's count the ways…
Culture Buzz Once again, junk food saves the day and makes everyone's lives a little better. Snackman is the not the hero our city needs, he's the hero our city deserves.
TV Buzz How does a show with an incredibly talented writing team deal with featuring Subway restaurants on their show? Turn “Subway” into a real person played by an old favorite from “Scrubs,” and make Britta fall in love with him.
Culture Buzz Okay, it's not really that hard, but it's still a cute photo. Spotted on the L Train in New York City.
Culture Buzz According to redditor Hollyholidayz a woman brought a dead baby, carried in a stroller, onto the Brooklyn bound L train last night. The train was subsequently stopped around 6:45 p.m. at the 1st Avenue station where police took over the investigation. No official reports have been released at this time. (via reddit.com)
Culture Buzz Take the L train sometime, and you might just catch these guys bringing theater to the masses with scenes from “Romeo and Juliet.” Kids love it, too.
TV Buzz Pay close attention. Someone awfully sneaky at CBS slipped this delicate mention in the latest ep for “Five-0.”
Culture Buzz North America got pantsed. Improv Everywhere in New York City and FlashMob Mexico in Mexico City both staged underwear only metro mobs over the weekend. Which city has the better collective ass? You be the oggler! #OccupyWedgie
Culture Buzz If this doesn't make you smile, then you hate happiness and joy. Or you hate the ukulele, which I guess is fair. (via towleroad.com)
Culture Buzz You probably thought the president was going to be upstaged by the Republican caucuses in Iowa. Well his tumblr is here to tell you that you are dead wrong.
Without supervision on NY subways, kids get to mess around. But karma has a tendency to keep pranksters in check.
Culture Buzz What a terrible day for humanity when a group of people laugh at some jerk punching out an old man. No arrests have been made, but Chicago police did launch an investigation. This event apparently happened in April, but the video only recently surfaced on the internet. You can read the full story at Chicago Tribune (via chicagotribune.com)
Steve Duncan’s amazing expedition into the undergrounds of New York from Manhattan to Brooklyn, this is a true adventure. (via dailymail.co.uk)
Culture Buzz Camera man: “I kinda like this dude …I'm gonna have to find him on Tumblr.”
Take a trip to France today, for free. Compare this with Sub City New York and pretend you visited both cities in the span of six minutes. (via laughingsquid.com)
These people are way more irritating than those subway party kids could ever hope to be. (via animalnewyork.com)
This is way better than subway dance parties. I really hope I run across these guys. Seems like it makes the trip a bit more fun. (via thedailywh.at)
Hmph. Maybe he's not rebuilding decks in Missouri after all. (via.)
Apparently it's the season for fighting insubways. This time, passengers in Beijing battle it out when an empty seat becomes available.
Charlie Sheen’s Charlie Harper of Two and a Half Men dies a gruesome death via the subway. On-set sources leaked the info after Friday’s taping of the season premiere, starring Ashton Kutcher. We already knew that it was Charlie’s funeral, but now we know he got macked by the MTA. (via.)
Culture Buzz Wow. A man named Richard Arrocho, screaming that someone was trying to kill him, climbed into the side window of the 5 train in New York and threatened to stab the conductor with a screwdriver. After wrestling with the conductor, Arrocho briefly commandeered the train. The conductor and some concerned passengers at first tried to lock Arrocho in the cabin, but then realizing they didn't want a crazy person potentially hurtling them to their doom, talked him out of the control room. Thankfully no one was hurt and Arrocho is in custody. Also thankfully, someone got all of this on video. (via nydailynews.com)
Culture Buzz A metal one. Because it's not really a challenge unless you're risking second degree burns on your way to work.