Discovering the exact locations from Kevin McCallister's adventures in NYC in Home Alone 2 🎅🎄 Photos by: @filmtourismus . . #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #homealone #christmas #vacations #christmasmood #movies #movie #christmasmovies #manhattan #radiocity

Cities are learning to cool with time, not just power. So-called ice batteries, thermal energy storage tanks that freeze liquid overnight, let buildings ride the next day’s heat on yesterday’s cold. Shifting chillers to off-peak hours trims grid stress when temperatures spike and electricity is priciest, creating a smoother balance between supply and demand.⁠ ⁠ The numbers are real, not theoretical. Manhattan’s 30-story Eleven Madison freezes roughly 500,000 pounds of ice each night and reports up to a 40% cut in cooling costs. Trane and others have installed more than 4,000 systems worldwide, a tiny slice of six million U.S. commercial buildings but a proof that scaling is possible and increasingly attractive in hotter climates.⁠ ⁠ The tech is getting smarter at the material level. In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, a Texas A&M team led by Patrick Shamberger tuned salt hydrates, salts that lock in water molecules, to freeze and thaw at HVAC-friendly temperatures without degrading. Their focus is phase segregation, the tendency for the material to split into solid and liquid zones over many cycles. By optimizing “nucleation particles,” especially those containing barium, the system triggers cleaner, repeatable freezing with higher efficiency.⁠ ⁠ Why this matters now: cooling already eats about 20% of building electricity, and AI data centers are adding heavy, always-on thermal loads. Ice batteries do not eliminate energy use, but they move it to when power is cleaner and cheaper, lowering peak demand and postponing the need for new plants.⁠ ⁠ A century after barges hauled river ice down the Hudson, engineered ice may again be the quiet workhorse that keeps modern life comfortable, only this time with chemistry doing the steering and research ensuring decades of reliable performance.⁠ ⁠ #tech #energy #hvac #buildings #energystorage #grid #climate #datacenters #materials

New York at Christmas in the 1980s was pure cinematic magic. A place where grit met glamour, and the city’s chaos somehow felt elegant beneath the snow. The streets shimmered beneath golden lights as yellow taxis weaved through flurries, their reflections gliding across wet asphalt. Fifth Avenue was alive with energy.. Men in cashmere coats, women in pearls and fur, their laughter echoing off glass storefronts glowing with Tiffany blues and Bergdorf golds. 🎄🗽 Inside the grand hotels, doormen in wool coats held open brass doors as the scent of cigar smoke, champagne, and perfume filled the air. A pianist played soft Christmas melodies in the corner while conversations about business, art, and love blurred into the hum of the season. It was a world that dressed up for December — where success had style, and every detail sparkled just a little brighter. 🎅 And high above it all, Manhattan glittered. Central Park lay still beneath a perfect blanket of white, while couples skated beneath the Rockefeller tree, their laughter visible in the frosty air. Christmas in 1980s New York wasn’t just a holiday.. It was a statement. A city that never slowed down, even as snow softened its edges, shimmering with the timeless allure of ambition wrapped in tinsel and light. ✨ via: @engvall.arts

Ever wanted to live out your own Home Alone 2 moment in New York City? 🎄🗽 The Plaza Hotel is making it happen with a special Home Alone–themed stay you can book year-round. Here’s what you get: • A 4-hour limo tour of the movie’s most iconic NYC locations • Kevin’s signature oversized cheese pizza • A massive ice-cream sundae delivered right to your room — just like the scene in the film It’s the perfect chance to follow in Kevin McCallister’s footsteps while experiencing one of NYC’s most legendary hotels in true holiday-movie style.✨ #movies #nyc #homealone #christmas #vacations #manhattan #newyorkcity #hotel

Uber is putting the sky in your app 🚁 Uber and Joby say you’ll be able to book Blade helicopter or seaplane flights inside the Uber app as early as 2026. The plan follows Joby’s purchase of Blade’s passenger business and taps routes that already move about 50,000 people a year, like Manhattan to JFK. ( It also sets the stage for Joby’s battery-electric air taxis once they’re certified, with a first commercial launch targeted in Dubai in 2026 before expanding to major U.S. cities. Love learning? Follow @Wealth ⭐ #Uber #Joby #Blade #AirTaxis #Helicopters #Seaplanes #EVTOL #Dubai

Never forget ✨🇺🇸 Photos by: @beholdingeye . . #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #september11 #twintowers #ny #city #neverforget #manhattan #wtc #memorial #th #worldtradecenter #usa #america #tribute #nightphotography #vacations #wewillneverforget #hero #heroes #fdny #photography #nycphotography

🕊️ 24 Years Later — We Remember 🇺🇸 September 11, 2001 changed the world forever. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost, countless families were shattered, and heroes emerged in the face of unimaginable tragedy. Today, on the 24th anniversary, we honor the victims, the first responders, and every person whose life was touched that day. We remember the towers that once stood tall, and the resilience of a nation that rose from the ashes. Let us never forget. Let us always remember. #NeverForget #September11 #911Memorial #Honor #History #NewYork #USA #Vacations #NYC #Manhattan #Love #weremember #Newyorkcity

Welcome to New York City.. The city that never sleeps 🍎🏙️🇺🇸 Have you ever visited NYC? 🗽 Photos by: @world_walkerz . . #newyorkcity #nyc #ny #manhattan #cityphotography #hudsonriver #bigapple #vacations #newyorker #newyorklife #nycphotography #brooklyn #brooklynbridge #centralpark #centralparknyc #financialdistrict #flatironbuilding #barclayscenter #vesselnyc #empirestatebuilding #statueofliberty

At first glance, this might look like a modern AI rendering of New York City—but it’s the real deal. 📸 In the early 1930s, photographer Andreas Feininger built his own telephoto lens to capture this rare shot of the freshly completed Empire State Building rising high above a low-rise Manhattan. Taken from across the Hudson River in New Jersey, the photo shows a city still in transition—townhouses and small buildings dominating the skyline while the Empire State looked almost out of place. Standing 1,454 feet tall, it was the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years. Yet during the Great Depression, it sat so empty that locals nicknamed it the “Empty State Building.” Feininger’s ingenuity gave us one of the clearest glimpses of New York’s skyline at a moment when the Empire State truly stood alone. 🏙️✨ #viral #history #empirestatebuilding #manhattan #newyork #architecture #ny #nyc #newyorkcity

Located in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Colombia, this man-made island is home to about 500 people living on just 0.012 sq km (1.2 hectares) that’s roughly the size of two football fields. 🇨🇴 With no cars, no running water, and over 100 houses packed tightly together, the population density is over 100,000 people per square kilometer, more than 4x that of Manhattan. Despite its size, the island has a school, a church, and a strong sense of community. Residents rely on the mainland for fresh water and supplies, and fishing remains the main source of income. It’s one of the world’s most fascinating examples of sustainable living and community resilience. #SantaCruzDelIslote #ColombiaHiddenGems #DenselyPopulated #IslandLife #TravelFacts #GeographyNerd #UnusualPlaces