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The city of New York has decided to set up THE tourism office of the future.

This project, called NYCGo , is made of a partnership with Travelocity, which is the booking search engine. It aims to create exclusive offers for NYCGo.com. The one with Time Out New York will able to get next events RSS flowing.

This new tourism office, located on the 7th Avenue, will prevent from getting lost in New York.

Actually, inside, there are big touch sensitive tables connected to Google Maps and Google Earth. You can go sightseeing in New York by touching screens.
With the function “You are here” It is even possible to plan an itinerary in saving interest points, to print it, to send it via email or to save it in your mobile phone.
You, also, can project the image of where you have decided to go on the walls, in order to get an idea of what you are going to visit, still sitting on a chair.

For those who have got a Smartphone, you can get all touristic events by SMS, with a link to Google Map Mobile application, in order to get there easily and quickly.

Don’t forget to go on the website called Dealomatic. It gathers all special offers and discounts for New-York city events and attractions.

In crisis time a touristic strategy is welcome. It will, maybe, attract more people. Here is a video introducing THE tourism office of the future.

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@ sweet lil’ bunny

Urban cyclists are a special specie. This specie is growing since they put in place bicycles in self-service in metropolis.
Couriers belong to this group. These cyclists try, everyday to stay alive where as they are just doing their job, in Manhattan, a motorist jungle.

This video mixes virtual bike couriers with real images in New York City.
It shows perfectly the daily life of these people, fast (more they deliver, better money they get), well build but vulnerable (even with a good stamina and athletic calves, getting a door in your face can happen), zigzagging between skyscrapers, hundreds of taxis and millions of pedestrians.

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By Los Angeles Times

On the 15th of January 2009, the flight 1549, Airbus A320 takes off at 3h26pm from New York airport. 150 passengers are on board. Two minutes after taking off, while it was flying over the Bronx, the pilot reports that some swans are trapped in the jets. Passengers said they felt an increase of power; they saw flames and smelt a fuel odor. The airport of Teterboro, in the suburb of New York, is visible and the pilot decides to land. But, a little bit after, while he was flying over Manhattan, the plane goes down and manages to land to land on the water without big damages. The doors are open and passengers can go out though. The back of the plane is submerged, going out through this part is, though, impossible. Passengers gather on the wings and on the slices, anticipated in case of need of evacuation, which had become rafts.
Coast guard arrived fast and everyone was drained off safe.