Tag Archives: New York
Treasure trove: amazing photos kept hidden from the world
Check out these photos the Daily Mail ran last week: The Daily Mail reports: Maier observed it all without judgment. This was her hobby, not her job. But over the decades, it also was her life. She shot tens of … Continue reading
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Rach the Parks
Rach the Parks This week New York City will join three other cities worldwide in featuring a new kind of installation art. Sixty pianos will be scattered throughout the city, designed to encourage passers-by to sit down and play. After … Continue reading
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Art History, Art Present
Dear New York Peeps: Get excited, we’re going to see Bas Princen’s photo show, called “Refuge,” at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Princen has been running around 5 cities in the Middle East and Turkey — Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Amman, … Continue reading
New York: Vox Populi, Vox Machina
Love the composition of this pic from the most photographed city in the world: Says Gothamist of the city that’s worth so many thousands of words: A recent Cornell University study [PDF] filed through Flickr pictures and determined photogs’ favorite … Continue reading
Salt of the Earth, But Not of New York
First they came for our cigarettes, but I did not speak out–bc I was not a smoker. Then they came for the trans fats, but I did not speak out–bc I had no real relationship with hydrogenated oil. Then they … Continue reading
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Learning and Socialism
My cab driver this morning was from Haiti. It was refreshing, on this trip to La Guardia, to get some variety from the Ethiopian/Eritrean mix you find in DC. Jean Marie lost two nephews and a niece in the earthquake. … Continue reading
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Lying Liars
Tonight I spent with one very old friend and four guys paid to lie for a living. They’re a bunch of contractors. When big companies – say Barnes and Noble – suspect an employee of stealing, they usually can’t prove … Continue reading
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