David Hochfelder
@dphochfelder.bsky.social
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.
This machine scratches fascists
September 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This machine scratches fascists
Don't let cats run your healthcare.
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Don't let cats run your healthcare.
I found this sales brochure for a demolition company in the Gloversville (NY) Urban Renewal Agency records.
July 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I found this sales brochure for a demolition company in the Gloversville (NY) Urban Renewal Agency records.
Postwar urban planning in a nutshell--let's demolish buildings for urban renewal for the sole purpose of saving drivers a few seconds. Gloversville, NY.
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Postwar urban planning in a nutshell--let's demolish buildings for urban renewal for the sole purpose of saving drivers a few seconds. Gloversville, NY.
Dammit. I read that as Chris Cornell.
May 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Dammit. I read that as Chris Cornell.
Albany--probably a couple hundred people in attendance. Cold and icy day, too.
February 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Albany--probably a couple hundred people in attendance. Cold and icy day, too.
There's precedent here. This courtroom sketch hanging in Albany's city hall, "Kona Gets Life For Eating All Our Snackums":
December 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM
There's precedent here. This courtroom sketch hanging in Albany's city hall, "Kona Gets Life For Eating All Our Snackums":
Drawing outside the courtroom in Albany's city hall. Kona gets life for eating all our snackums.
November 23, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Drawing outside the courtroom in Albany's city hall. Kona gets life for eating all our snackums.
And my personal favorite: Gov. Nelson Rockefeller giving away bricks from the first Albany demolition, 1962. This demolition did not go well: 98acresinalbany.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/t...
November 15, 2024 at 1:58 AM
And my personal favorite: Gov. Nelson Rockefeller giving away bricks from the first Albany demolition, 1962. This demolition did not go well: 98acresinalbany.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/t...
Nyack, ca. 1963: "First structure to be demolished under Urban Renewal. The children are from an enrichment class, learning about urban renewal."
November 15, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Nyack, ca. 1963: "First structure to be demolished under Urban Renewal. The children are from an enrichment class, learning about urban renewal."
Kingston, mayor, city council, and Urban Renewal Agency, ca. 1965:
considerthesourceny.org/document/kin...
considerthesourceny.org/document/kin...
November 15, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Kingston, mayor, city council, and Urban Renewal Agency, ca. 1965:
considerthesourceny.org/document/kin...
considerthesourceny.org/document/kin...
1957, Rochester's Baden-Ormond project:
"Adults and children watch as a power shovel is poised to begin demolition in the Baden Street neighborhood in Rochester's northeast side."
nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
"Adults and children watch as a power shovel is poised to begin demolition in the Baden Street neighborhood in Rochester's northeast side."
nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
November 15, 2024 at 1:58 AM
1957, Rochester's Baden-Ormond project:
"Adults and children watch as a power shovel is poised to begin demolition in the Baden Street neighborhood in Rochester's northeast side."
nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
"Adults and children watch as a power shovel is poised to begin demolition in the Baden Street neighborhood in Rochester's northeast side."
nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
September 21, 2023 at 11:56 PM
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.