Halal Guys and Bar Room in Midtown.
This allowed us to spatially see trends in New York City. Lower East
side had more number of hashtags in places to eat, whereas Meatpacking
District had more hashtags in rooftops and bars. A really striking
observation was that Midtown South had a lot of BBQ restaurants that had
high Instagram # and taxi drops.
Future Work: Our future work will revolve around taking
away the limitations of our project. Starting with the first one,
wherein the ground truth will be perceived. So, Yelp as well as Google
provide graphs for restaurants visited. They give the percentage of
restaurants filled as a percent of total in a graph form. If this data
correlates with the Instagram # data, we will be able to prove that it
really provides the ground truth. Thus, relating Google or yelp data
will be of higher importance. It can also be applied to large number of
different industries where trends are to be noticed. This allows us to
further expand our research and work in the advanced classes.
Conclusion; The pulse of the city at night can surely be seen
from this analysis. With people visiting a high number of restaurants in
social spaces, it creates a more social dynamic for people. As we’ll see
in the photographs, there is a form of social life being created right
outside those restaurants. This life has been captured by some
photographs taken in New York City.