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Once a year, the sun aligns its path with 34th street in New York, creating the coolest sunset you'll see in the city.

This is Stephen Wiltshire, a savant who recreated a sketch of New York city from memory after taking a single twenty-minute helicopter ride over the city. Check out more of his work - and the full version of the image above - at his personal webpage!

Alexander Steinberg, an 18-year-old aspiring filmmaker managed to put together a video that encourages us all as an audience to take a minute, and ask ourselves, 'why does Pokémon GO! matter?'

Does it really? Or is there something more meaningful, impactful 'afoot? Is it the game's ability to unite strangers that'd otherwise never cross paths? One quote captured in the video sticks out in particular:

“You know my favorite part about this? Number one my brother and I used to play this as kids. He ends up passing away,” CrobinMaxxis said, pointing up. “He’s up there still, still, having a better fuckin’ collection than I do. But all the violence in the world, brutality, all this fucking racism. Look around here. You see this?” he said, gesturing to the crowd. “Not a single one is the same. Everyone is having a good time. This is what the world needs now.”

Previous records clock this lap around 26 minutes, but this brave (maybe a little stupid) driver managed to take the entire trip around in 24 minutes. Kick back and enjoy this sped-up video showcasing the whole thing!

Last year Casey Neistat took to the streets of New York after snow pounded the city and grounded it to a halt. This year there's even more projected to fall in the potentially record-breaking #Snowmageddon. 

Here's the curent forecast, courtesy of the National Weather Service:



But we're much more partial to this forecast:

This video project, titled "As Above, So Below," was projected onto the Manhattan bridge, encouraging visitors to explore the architecture of the bridge and immerse themselves in its design. The project was led by digital artists Farkas Fulop and Ryan Uzilevsky and a team of people - including twenty performers on fly wires.

We've featured the works of Stephen Wilkes in the past, with his amazing photographic compilations of various scenes at day and night. Check out some more in this gallery below, and then check out his personal page!