The Roosevelt Island Ventilation Tube is a brightly colored, cylindrical metal shaft installed as part of the original Roosevelt Island WIRE development in the 1970s to provide fresh air and exhaust. They come in various bright colors.
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Roosevelt Island Red Bins
Red Island Bins carrum insula Description Red trash bin on Roosevelt Island, complete with tram logo. Identification Boxy in form, with vertical perforations running up and down the main body; spherical removable top with two opposing openings; trashcan inside. Aerial Tram logo near bottom. Red in color. Powder-coated recycled cast iron. Manufacturer Columbia Cascade Company…
Common Cone
Providing safe access Protectus conus OrderSupellex FamilyCoercitio Genus Protectus SpeciesProtectus conus Description Traffic Cones – often called pylons, orange cones, safety cones, or just cones – are cone-shaped markers used for a variety of temporary purposes, generally to channel people and cars, or mark dangerous items. Identification Conical shape with flat bottom, generally orange with…
Mail Collection Box Receptacle (Standard, Local, Snorkel)
Knitting the country together Littera buxis OrderDupellex FamilyDepono GenusLittera SpeciesLittera buxis SubspeciesL. buxus blavusL. buxus localisL. buxus beccusL. buxus prioritas Description The common Blue Box mailboxes found throughout the Five Boroughs, and the rest of America. Subspecies variations There is some discussion if we have discovered three unique species, or rather a set of local…
Genus: Littera
Description The common Blue Box and other types of mailboxes found throughout the Five Boroughs, and the rest of America. The United States Postal Service knits the country together, is a jewel of our country, and must be strengthened and reinforced as a bedrock of our democracy. These boxes are tended by both city residents who…
Construction Drum (Orange Barrels)
Like a cockroach Protectus dolium OrderSupellex FamilyCoercitio Genus Protectus Species Protectus dolium Description Ubiquitous in the summer months, Protectus dolium is present year round in NYC, helping divert traffic or filling in a sink hole. Often called Orange Barrels, common name synonyms are Construction Drum or Construction Barrel. Identification Medium-sized cylinder, with four ridges, and…
Relay Mailbox
Swift completion of storage Littera excambio OrderSupellex FamilyCondo GenusLittera SpeciesLittera excambio Description Littera excambio (cn. USPS Relay Mailbox) are the unsung workhorses of urban mail delivery. L. excambio holds a day’s worth of mail for the mail carrier, since they can only hold so much mail at one time, allowing the mail carrier to come…
WSNY NYC Drinking water sampling station
Checking out the water praetento aquafluo Ordersupellex Familycapio Genuspraetento Speciespraetento aquafluo Description Cast iron stations spread throughout the city, in order for the Department of Environmental Protection to test the quality of the City’s drinking water on a monthly basis. Identification A medium sized cast iron rectangular box with eased corners consisting of two pieces…
CityRack Small Hoop Rack
Smaller store of equity rota custodulus Ordersupellex Familycondo Genus rota Speciesrota custodulus Description Ubiquitous public and free bike parking on New York City sidewalks, in a smaller package, allowing for one bicycle to be safely secured. See also larger cousin rota custodia (cn. CityRack Large Hoop Rack) which functions similarly, but with unique morphological and…
CityRack Large Hoop Rack
Ubiquitous public and free bike parking on New York City sidewalks.