The man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and is at the center of an investigation conducted by a special prosecutor in Flortida has created a website soliciting donations. “I am the real George Zimmerman,” the site reads, a fact confirmed by Zimmerman’s attorneys. [ more › ]

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George Zimmerman Launches Website For Donations, Uses Photo Of Possible Hate Crime

It’s been a while since we challenged you with a Guess The Year post, so here we go. Can you guess what year, and even better, where this photo was taken? We’ll update later with the date, location, and a photo of what this area looks like now. [ more › ]

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Guess The Year: A New York City Block

There’s a fascinating obituary about architectural historian Charles Lockwood in the NY Times today. Lockwood, who passed away last week at age 63 from cancer, wrote several books about architecture, but he is best known for Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, 1783-1929 . It turns out he wrote the book because a New York Public Library librarian told him in 1969, when he was a Princeton student, that there were no books about brownstones, “We don’t have one. It’s never been written.” [ more › ]

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How NY Times Got Photo Of 1970 Weathermen Explosion In Greenwich Village

What’s more depressing than paying $19 for a speciality cocktail? Paying $19 for a cocktail “inspired” by a social media website. Hyperallergic’s editor Hrag Vartanian took this photo of the Mandarin Oriental’s “Like Page” (GET IT) that features beauties like the “sipadvisor” and “brbon tumblr.” But these all sound terrible, so check out our own internet-inspired creations. [ more › ]

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Social Media-Inspired Cocktails Make Us Want To Tweetotal

“Was there a murder here? Is there a shit-demon about to emerge from the toilet? WTF?” wrote the tipster who sent Curbed LA the gloriously terrible, utterly astonishing photo above, which corresponds to a $70K listing in Los Angeles. Head over see the full set of disturbingly decrepit pics. · The Grossest Living Photo Ever (From the Valley, Natch) [Curbed LA] · 8801 Willis Ave., #16, Panorama City, Calif. [Redfin]

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Broker Fail: Please Meet the Most Grotesque Lising Photo in the Country

Here’s something for those looking for a good way to spend $600: Climate Right’s CR-2550, a heating-and-cooling air conditioning unit—for your dog house. Although the contraption maxes out at 350 cubic feet of space, it promises to offer the best for man’s best friend. [The Fancy via Gizmodo ]

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Doggie Air Conditioners: Here’s something for those looking for…

Last week a 39-year old man was shot in a Queens barbershop by a man wielding a sawed-off shotgun known by the nickname “Armani.” The victim’s brother, who was present at the time, told detectives that although he didn’t know the shooter’s real name, he could probably find some pictures of him on Facebook. [ more › ]

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Facebook Photo Used To Identify Queens Shooting Suspect

This photo was taken just three years after the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire , on October 9th, 1914—aka Fire Prevention Day, aka Clean Up Day! According to a New York Times article published a few days before this photo was taken, “Fire Commissioner Adamson has prepared a programme, including a parade, special fire drills, moving pictures and other features. In the morning sixteen pieces of apparatus will proceed from Bowling Green for some distance up Broadway, the parade breaking up into smaller divisions when it reaches congested centres.” [ more › ]

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When Street Cars Reminded New Yorkers To Clean Up After Themselves

Grand Forks food critic and internet meme Marilyn Hagerty was “on Cloud 9″ yesterday as she spent another whirlwind day in NYC reviewing food, getting interviewed by the press, and dodging taxis. Taking a break from all the swanky restaurants, Hagerty visited Shake Shack in Times Square to see how the other half lives, and seemed pleased with their burger (she also indulged in some wine in a plastic cup). But as she says in the video diary below, she was not interested in going inside the bowling alley advertising a live snake. [ more › ]

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Video: Grand Forks Food Critic Visits Shake Shack, Meditates With Hammer

So a guy, a girl, and a goat walk into a Midtown pizza joint and order some slices… and proceed to eat those slices at a table… with the goat , and no one seems to care? This photo shows barely a reaction from other diners at La Famiglia, and it just ends up in the wasteland of Twitter with a quick note: “saw a goat eating pizza at La Famiglia on 50th & B’way.” [ more › ]

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Spotted: Goat Eating Pizza In Midtown Restaurant