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ISAMU NOGUCHI "Red Cube" (1968) - 140 Broadway at Cedar Street, July 2025
July 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
ISAMU NOGUCHI "Red Cube" (1968) - 140 Broadway at Cedar Street, July 2025
MY DISILLUSIONMENT IN RUSSIA by Emma Goldman (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923)
The strongest of us are loath to give up a long-cherished dream... I found reality in Russia grotesque, totally unlike the great ideal that had borne me upon the crest of high hope to the land of promise.
The strongest of us are loath to give up a long-cherished dream... I found reality in Russia grotesque, totally unlike the great ideal that had borne me upon the crest of high hope to the land of promise.
June 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
MY DISILLUSIONMENT IN RUSSIA by Emma Goldman (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923)
The strongest of us are loath to give up a long-cherished dream... I found reality in Russia grotesque, totally unlike the great ideal that had borne me upon the crest of high hope to the land of promise.
The strongest of us are loath to give up a long-cherished dream... I found reality in Russia grotesque, totally unlike the great ideal that had borne me upon the crest of high hope to the land of promise.
CHICKEN DELIGHT'S GONE SOUL! at 1870 Crotona Ave. cor. 176th St, Bronx - Local Home Deliveries - featuring: Southern Fried Chicken & BBQ Ribs soaked in SOUL SAUCE! Home made sweet potato pies and rice pudding "BAKED WITH LOTS OF SOUL."
- Amsterdam News 29 May 1971
- Amsterdam News 29 May 1971
June 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
CHICKEN DELIGHT'S GONE SOUL! at 1870 Crotona Ave. cor. 176th St, Bronx - Local Home Deliveries - featuring: Southern Fried Chicken & BBQ Ribs soaked in SOUL SAUCE! Home made sweet potato pies and rice pudding "BAKED WITH LOTS OF SOUL."
- Amsterdam News 29 May 1971
- Amsterdam News 29 May 1971
GEN. WINGATE STARTS BETSY HEAD FIELD - Ground Broken in Brownsville for Playground in Memory of Benefactress - Children Have a Parade - The Rev. Dr. Krass*, Borough President Pounds and Others
- Brooklyn Eagle 15 Oct 1914
* Rabbi Nathan Krass, Temple Israel, Lafayette & Bedford aves.
- Brooklyn Eagle 15 Oct 1914
* Rabbi Nathan Krass, Temple Israel, Lafayette & Bedford aves.
May 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
GEN. WINGATE STARTS BETSY HEAD FIELD - Ground Broken in Brownsville for Playground in Memory of Benefactress - Children Have a Parade - The Rev. Dr. Krass*, Borough President Pounds and Others
- Brooklyn Eagle 15 Oct 1914
* Rabbi Nathan Krass, Temple Israel, Lafayette & Bedford aves.
- Brooklyn Eagle 15 Oct 1914
* Rabbi Nathan Krass, Temple Israel, Lafayette & Bedford aves.
PARK DEPT. TO TAKE OVER HISTORIC HIGH BRIDGE - ... Harlem River span built in the 1840s as link in the Croton Aqueduct system, with a big water main slung under its brick roadway.
Note pumping station graffiti: THE DUKES
- New York Post 23 Jan 1955
Note pumping station graffiti: THE DUKES
- New York Post 23 Jan 1955
May 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
PARK DEPT. TO TAKE OVER HISTORIC HIGH BRIDGE - ... Harlem River span built in the 1840s as link in the Croton Aqueduct system, with a big water main slung under its brick roadway.
Note pumping station graffiti: THE DUKES
- New York Post 23 Jan 1955
Note pumping station graffiti: THE DUKES
- New York Post 23 Jan 1955
637 SNEDIKER AVENUE b/w New Lots Avenue & Linden Boulevard c. mid-1980s. Let's call it East New York though others have called it Brownsville. In Brooklyn, CAR CULTURE IS OUR CULTURE!
May 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
637 SNEDIKER AVENUE b/w New Lots Avenue & Linden Boulevard c. mid-1980s. Let's call it East New York though others have called it Brownsville. In Brooklyn, CAR CULTURE IS OUR CULTURE!
BETTY CARTER TRIBUTE TO EUBIE BLAKE - "I got into this business during vaudeville's decline, but there were still remnants of it on the lips of singers, musicians, comedians and hoofers.
All Brooklynites should be proud Mr. Blake chose them to live among."
- Brooklyn Phoenix 24 Feb 1983
All Brooklynites should be proud Mr. Blake chose them to live among."
- Brooklyn Phoenix 24 Feb 1983
May 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
BETTY CARTER TRIBUTE TO EUBIE BLAKE - "I got into this business during vaudeville's decline, but there were still remnants of it on the lips of singers, musicians, comedians and hoofers.
All Brooklynites should be proud Mr. Blake chose them to live among."
- Brooklyn Phoenix 24 Feb 1983
All Brooklynites should be proud Mr. Blake chose them to live among."
- Brooklyn Phoenix 24 Feb 1983
WILLIAM JAMES EDWARDS (BILL) LEE - Sunrise July 23, 1928 - Sunset May 24, 2023 - Father - Husband - Brother - Composer - Bassist
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
WILLIAM JAMES EDWARDS (BILL) LEE - Sunrise July 23, 1928 - Sunset May 24, 2023 - Father - Husband - Brother - Composer - Bassist
IGOR STRAVINSKY Octet for Wind Instruments (1922) - performed by Les musiciens de l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Frank conductor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XepS...
Stravinsky : Octuor pour instruments à vent
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February 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
IGOR STRAVINSKY Octet for Wind Instruments (1922) - performed by Les musiciens de l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Frank conductor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XepS...
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF EAST FLATBUSH - 5755 Kings Highway b/w Church & Snyder Avenues c. 1940. How did such a house ever exist? Might it still? Apartments behind it one block east on E. 59th St.
February 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF EAST FLATBUSH - 5755 Kings Highway b/w Church & Snyder Avenues c. 1940. How did such a house ever exist? Might it still? Apartments behind it one block east on E. 59th St.
BROOKLYNITE JACKIE GLEASON RETURNED FROM HIS FOUR-WEEK VACATION last Friday for his first appearance of the Fall and Winter season as the emcee-comedian of WABD's "Cavalcade of Stars" show seen each week from 10 to 11 p.m.
From what I'm told and have overheard or read—
- Brooklyn Eagle 31 Aug 1951
From what I'm told and have overheard or read—
- Brooklyn Eagle 31 Aug 1951
February 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
BROOKLYNITE JACKIE GLEASON RETURNED FROM HIS FOUR-WEEK VACATION last Friday for his first appearance of the Fall and Winter season as the emcee-comedian of WABD's "Cavalcade of Stars" show seen each week from 10 to 11 p.m.
From what I'm told and have overheard or read—
- Brooklyn Eagle 31 Aug 1951
From what I'm told and have overheard or read—
- Brooklyn Eagle 31 Aug 1951
BALOON FARM - SHAGGY BOYS - FLAVOR
Nobody's Children - Shaggy Boys - Flavor
THE VAGRANTS
Coming Attractions: The Rich Kids
- Tempo Dance City 8813 Foster Ave (off Remsen Ave) [Canarsie] Brooklyn 29 Mar to 6 April 1968 - Ample Parking (for cars, not band name)
Nobody's Children - Shaggy Boys - Flavor
THE VAGRANTS
Coming Attractions: The Rich Kids
- Tempo Dance City 8813 Foster Ave (off Remsen Ave) [Canarsie] Brooklyn 29 Mar to 6 April 1968 - Ample Parking (for cars, not band name)
January 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
BALOON FARM - SHAGGY BOYS - FLAVOR
Nobody's Children - Shaggy Boys - Flavor
THE VAGRANTS
Coming Attractions: The Rich Kids
- Tempo Dance City 8813 Foster Ave (off Remsen Ave) [Canarsie] Brooklyn 29 Mar to 6 April 1968 - Ample Parking (for cars, not band name)
Nobody's Children - Shaggy Boys - Flavor
THE VAGRANTS
Coming Attractions: The Rich Kids
- Tempo Dance City 8813 Foster Ave (off Remsen Ave) [Canarsie] Brooklyn 29 Mar to 6 April 1968 - Ample Parking (for cars, not band name)
THE OLD TAPPEN HOUSE, SHEEPSHEAD BAY, L.I. - Stephen & Gaskin, Prop. [Tappen's] - Telephone 590 1124 [Coney Island] - postcard c. 1916. Established 1845 in Kings County town of Gravesend; burned May 1950; Address: 2617 Emmons Avenue at East 27th St. Later reopened 3078 Ocean Ave at Voorhies.
January 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
THE OLD TAPPEN HOUSE, SHEEPSHEAD BAY, L.I. - Stephen & Gaskin, Prop. [Tappen's] - Telephone 590 1124 [Coney Island] - postcard c. 1916. Established 1845 in Kings County town of Gravesend; burned May 1950; Address: 2617 Emmons Avenue at East 27th St. Later reopened 3078 Ocean Ave at Voorhies.
DOG & CAT HOSPITAL - 2412 Amsterdam Avenue near the corner of West 180th Street, Washington Heights c. 1940. Amazingly, this building remained an animal hospital until at least 2019; building razed 2021. Neighbor to right is H.J. Butler & Bro. Inc. Lumber, building still stands.
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
DOG & CAT HOSPITAL - 2412 Amsterdam Avenue near the corner of West 180th Street, Washington Heights c. 1940. Amazingly, this building remained an animal hospital until at least 2019; building razed 2021. Neighbor to right is H.J. Butler & Bro. Inc. Lumber, building still stands.
EDITORIAL - Thanks to Prog Lunacy
January 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
EDITORIAL - Thanks to Prog Lunacy
CONGESTION PRICING JOURNAL - Elizabeth Street b/w Grand & Hester, 9:27 a.m. Tuesday 18 June 2024. Only a regressive tax on Chinatown residents & businesses can, perhaps, save them from the financial, environmental & spiritual costs of such "gridlock." That Chinatown itself disagrees... #Progressive
January 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
CONGESTION PRICING JOURNAL - Elizabeth Street b/w Grand & Hester, 9:27 a.m. Tuesday 18 June 2024. Only a regressive tax on Chinatown residents & businesses can, perhaps, save them from the financial, environmental & spiritual costs of such "gridlock." That Chinatown itself disagrees... #Progressive
CONGESTION PRICING JOURNAL - Summer 2024 - looking north on Lafayette Street b/w Bond & Great Jones Street - Thursday 20 June 2024 9:20 a.m. "Rush Hour" photograph by Bucky Wunderlick.
CHINATOWN NEIGHBORS SPEAK AGAINST CONGESTION PRICING - 17 Dec 2024 WPIX pix11.com/news/local-n...
CHINATOWN NEIGHBORS SPEAK AGAINST CONGESTION PRICING - 17 Dec 2024 WPIX pix11.com/news/local-n...
January 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
CONGESTION PRICING JOURNAL - Summer 2024 - looking north on Lafayette Street b/w Bond & Great Jones Street - Thursday 20 June 2024 9:20 a.m. "Rush Hour" photograph by Bucky Wunderlick.
CHINATOWN NEIGHBORS SPEAK AGAINST CONGESTION PRICING - 17 Dec 2024 WPIX pix11.com/news/local-n...
CHINATOWN NEIGHBORS SPEAK AGAINST CONGESTION PRICING - 17 Dec 2024 WPIX pix11.com/news/local-n...
CONGESTION PRICING JOURNAL - Afternoon Edition Tuesday 17 Dec 2024 - Church Street at White St, downtown 1:17 p.m. - "Stop Gridlock" - "Improve mass transit" - #Micrombility -"Regressive taxing * is * 'progressive,' just ask Chinatown"- [Chinatown who?] - "Take the subway, it's faster— and safer!"
January 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
CONGESTION PRICING JOURNAL - Afternoon Edition Tuesday 17 Dec 2024 - Church Street at White St, downtown 1:17 p.m. - "Stop Gridlock" - "Improve mass transit" - #Micrombility -"Regressive taxing * is * 'progressive,' just ask Chinatown"- [Chinatown who?] - "Take the subway, it's faster— and safer!"
Six people shot In Bronx bodega including mom & daughter used a human shields - Daily News
...used as human shield during "targeted" attack - AMNY
Mom, 12-year-old daughter hit during brazen Bronx shooting as 'cowardly' intended targets used parent as human shield: NYPD - NY Post 30 Dec 2024
...used as human shield during "targeted" attack - AMNY
Mom, 12-year-old daughter hit during brazen Bronx shooting as 'cowardly' intended targets used parent as human shield: NYPD - NY Post 30 Dec 2024
December 31, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Six people shot In Bronx bodega including mom & daughter used a human shields - Daily News
...used as human shield during "targeted" attack - AMNY
Mom, 12-year-old daughter hit during brazen Bronx shooting as 'cowardly' intended targets used parent as human shield: NYPD - NY Post 30 Dec 2024
...used as human shield during "targeted" attack - AMNY
Mom, 12-year-old daughter hit during brazen Bronx shooting as 'cowardly' intended targets used parent as human shield: NYPD - NY Post 30 Dec 2024
INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS by Reginald Pelham Bolton - A Series of Publications Relating to the American Aborigines (Museum of the American Indian, 1922) - Chapters include "Upper Manhattan Paths"; "Indian Paths in Kings County"; "HOME-LANDS OF THE CANARSEE" [Canarsie]
October 31, 2023 at 3:38 AM
INDIAN PATHS IN THE GREAT METROPOLIS by Reginald Pelham Bolton - A Series of Publications Relating to the American Aborigines (Museum of the American Indian, 1922) - Chapters include "Upper Manhattan Paths"; "Indian Paths in Kings County"; "HOME-LANDS OF THE CANARSEE" [Canarsie]
GIRL MAKES ARREST AS NIGHT WATCHMAN - Ethel Ryan Chases Alleged Thief Into Arms of a Policeman - Her Job is to Guard Washington Street Fruit Houses Against Thieves
"Who are you?" the Magistrate asked.
"I am Ethel Ryan, of 2126 Dorchester Road, Brooklyn."
- New York Times 27 Nov 1914
"Who are you?" the Magistrate asked.
"I am Ethel Ryan, of 2126 Dorchester Road, Brooklyn."
- New York Times 27 Nov 1914
October 15, 2023 at 4:46 AM
GIRL MAKES ARREST AS NIGHT WATCHMAN - Ethel Ryan Chases Alleged Thief Into Arms of a Policeman - Her Job is to Guard Washington Street Fruit Houses Against Thieves
"Who are you?" the Magistrate asked.
"I am Ethel Ryan, of 2126 Dorchester Road, Brooklyn."
- New York Times 27 Nov 1914
"Who are you?" the Magistrate asked.
"I am Ethel Ryan, of 2126 Dorchester Road, Brooklyn."
- New York Times 27 Nov 1914
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#NowReading (on the subway): Benson Bobrick, "Labyrinths of Iron"
October 11, 2023 at 12:06 PM
#NowReading (on the subway): Benson Bobrick, "Labyrinths of Iron"
THELONIOUS MONK BRINGS ECCENTRICITIES & GOOD MUSIC TO RAVINA [Illinois] by Chester Higgins - "Here he comes," somebody whispered. Sure enough. Strolling casually through the inner park gate came the legend... composer, arranger, pianist, combo leader, scraggly beard, Tyrolean hat
- Jet 13 Aug 1964
- Jet 13 Aug 1964
October 10, 2023 at 1:41 PM
THELONIOUS MONK BRINGS ECCENTRICITIES & GOOD MUSIC TO RAVINA [Illinois] by Chester Higgins - "Here he comes," somebody whispered. Sure enough. Strolling casually through the inner park gate came the legend... composer, arranger, pianist, combo leader, scraggly beard, Tyrolean hat
- Jet 13 Aug 1964
- Jet 13 Aug 1964
ON DYKER BEACH THERE STANDS A DOG, A MAN & his Selmer Varitone tenor saxophone. The Verrazano Bridge, Belt Parkway, Fort Hamilton & Staten Island are all behind them. His—our?—future would he heard on the 1968 Savoy Records lp, THE ELECTRIFYING SOUNDS OF THE PAUL JEFFREY QUINTET.
October 4, 2023 at 3:06 PM
ON DYKER BEACH THERE STANDS A DOG, A MAN & his Selmer Varitone tenor saxophone. The Verrazano Bridge, Belt Parkway, Fort Hamilton & Staten Island are all behind them. His—our?—future would he heard on the 1968 Savoy Records lp, THE ELECTRIFYING SOUNDS OF THE PAUL JEFFREY QUINTET.
SEPARATED AT BIRTH? Terry Riley "Rainbow In Curved Air" (Columbia Records, 1969) - Gentle Giant [Self-Titled] (Vertigo Records, 1970) - Marty Robbins' All-Time Greatest Hits (Columbia Records, 1972)
September 30, 2023 at 5:13 PM
SEPARATED AT BIRTH? Terry Riley "Rainbow In Curved Air" (Columbia Records, 1969) - Gentle Giant [Self-Titled] (Vertigo Records, 1970) - Marty Robbins' All-Time Greatest Hits (Columbia Records, 1972)