Current Location: Unknown

April 28, 2016 8:41 AM

Misplaced.Design Eleven New York City landmarks have been misplaced, their current location unknown. Photographs of unclear origin appear to show them scattered across the globe – on sand dunes, mud flats, “lunar” plains, and rocky beaches. Nobody knows exactly what happened or why
posted by BuddhaInABucket (9 comments total)

The IAC building bugs me so much because it just looks like nonsense from almost every perspective in the city proper. It only presents that organized facade to the river. It's a building that's made to be seen by the West Side Highway and helicopters.
posted by phooky at 9:12 AM on April 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it. You Maniacs! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:45 AM on April 28, 2016 [4 favorites]

Okay, okay, nobody panic. I just talked to my sister in New York and those things are all still there. Well, all the ones she checked before she hung up on me.

There's nothing to see here. These pictures are fakes! Don't give these trolls the attention they crave.
posted by Naberius at 9:50 AM on April 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

This is *delightful*.

I spent a season working in an office with a view of the Chrysler Building, and loved how it changed color in each different quality of light. Of course it would go and choose a misty moor to escape to. Of course.
posted by gusandrews at 10:03 AM on April 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

This is perfect! The write-ups are so spot on.
posted by meinvt at 10:38 AM on April 28, 2016

You Maniacs! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

Nah. It's just Carmen's gang up to their old tricks. With enough clever gumshoes who know their geography, we can find and return them to their proper locations.

Also:
DO IT ROCKAPELLA!
posted by RonButNotStupid at 10:45 AM on April 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

will this make living in manhattan or brooklyn more affordable
tell me
tell me now
posted by lalochezia at 11:51 AM on April 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Brilliant! That was very enjoyable.
posted by sidereal at 11:13 AM on April 29, 2016

That was great!
posted by Bugbread at 6:56 PM on May 5, 2016