James Dunbar
@jamesad.bsky.social
architect, phd student (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), traveler, photographer, future architectural historian, part-time punk (semi-retired), critiques of ISM
supposing underground networks will figure out a way to include pastas in their smuggling operations
"you want the good stuff?"
"you want the good stuff?"
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
supposing underground networks will figure out a way to include pastas in their smuggling operations
"you want the good stuff?"
"you want the good stuff?"
maybe the real swindle was the swindles we made along the way
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
maybe the real swindle was the swindles we made along the way
good people volunteering work for worthwhile projects?
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
good people volunteering work for worthwhile projects?
correction: this should read 1935
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
correction: this should read 1935
but also Intervale and Wilkins intersected (the triangular area below), so there's a lot of reality to the legend:
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
but also Intervale and Wilkins intersected (the triangular area below), so there's a lot of reality to the legend:
i kept seeing similar accounts and thought that they agreed with each other too well... but the date of the restaurant's opening makes it just a story...
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
i kept seeing similar accounts and thought that they agreed with each other too well... but the date of the restaurant's opening makes it just a story...
also from the same source (above):
on page 407 Triangle Dairy Restaurant should read:
[...] According to a spurious legend, this was Leon Trotsky’s favorite restaurant during his 1917 visit to New York City. The first evidence of this restaurant dates to 1925 and it’s located at 1379 Intervale Ave.
on page 407 Triangle Dairy Restaurant should read:
[...] According to a spurious legend, this was Leon Trotsky’s favorite restaurant during his 1917 visit to New York City. The first evidence of this restaurant dates to 1925 and it’s located at 1379 Intervale Ave.
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
also from the same source (above):
on page 407 Triangle Dairy Restaurant should read:
[...] According to a spurious legend, this was Leon Trotsky’s favorite restaurant during his 1917 visit to New York City. The first evidence of this restaurant dates to 1925 and it’s located at 1379 Intervale Ave.
on page 407 Triangle Dairy Restaurant should read:
[...] According to a spurious legend, this was Leon Trotsky’s favorite restaurant during his 1917 visit to New York City. The first evidence of this restaurant dates to 1925 and it’s located at 1379 Intervale Ave.
Stebbins doesn't show up on the modern map. It looks like it wasn't too far (I think) from the park - here's a clip from a 1911 map titled Business District of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City
here: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...
here: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Stebbins doesn't show up on the modern map. It looks like it wasn't too far (I think) from the park - here's a clip from a 1911 map titled Business District of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City
here: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...
here: www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet...