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The article presents Ruckus Manhattan which is a multimedia, three-dimensional representation of Manhattan is on display on the ground level of 88 Pine Street, Manhattan, New York. It states that the space for the massive sculpture and paintings were owned by Creative Time Inc. and donated by the Orient Overseas Association. It mentions the sculpture and paintings were made of wood plastic, fiber glass and vinyl wherein a team of 20 painters, carpenters and engineers worked together under the direction of artists Red Grooms and Mimi Gross. It mentions the paintings and sculptures include the famous landmarks of Manhattan such as the Apollo Theater, the Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park.

The article focuses on a new portable indoor running track at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. This track which has a plywood surface and a plywood infield has been co-designed by Thomas A. McMahon, professor of biomechanical engineering at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to Peter R. Greene, post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, the new track also contains fiber glass and exotic materials.

The article features the New York's largest sculpture, the Group of Four Trees, a forty-two foot high work by Jean Dubuffet. The sculpture is part of the French artists “L'Hourloupe” series, which began in 1962 as standard size paintings. It is a black and white abstraction fashioned from concrete, steel and aluminum, sheathed in fiber glass, and rooted by steel rods.

Researcher Alia Sabur listens to U2 and Matchbox 20 and carries a yellow Hello Kitty book bag. By age 10, she had enrolled at Stony Brook University, near her home in Northport, New York. And three months ago, at 14, she became the youngest female student in a Ph.D. program in the U.S. Alia's research will involve using fiber-optic cable, very fine glass fibers, to create hollow beams of light that can trap atoms inside them. Alia graduated with highest honors from Stony Brook last year and was offered a spot in its doctorate program. Her clarinet teacher Ricardo Morales, recently moved there from New York City to play with the Philadelphia Orchestra.