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For the past six years, the floral design team of Lewis Miller has installed startlingly beautiful “flower flashes” on street corners,...

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A big blue version of Big Bird from Sesame Street has landed on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The...

Falling snow, a cat purring, jazz harp, New York traffic noise and a tiny love story. Listen and smile from ear to ear.

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