Two blocks from the sand in Venice, a 45-foot-tall set of binoculars rises above the offices of Google. The tech giant has occupied some 79,000 square feet here since 2011, with a lease that runs ...

The spectacles are an art installation by late sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen titled, fittingly, “Giant Binoculars.” W.P. Carey acquired the property for $18.3 million in 1995 after ...

An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.