nathanjriddle.bsky.social
@nathanjriddle.bsky.social
Historian, urban planner, and cultural resources consultant. Birmingham to NYC with pit stops in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Tuscaloosa.
What?! I read Rip It Up this summer and had no idea. What'd I miss?
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What?! I read Rip It Up this summer and had no idea. What'd I miss?
Adagio in G Minor in Gallipoli has haunted me ever since I first saw the movie in high school many years ago.
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Adagio in G Minor in Gallipoli has haunted me ever since I first saw the movie in high school many years ago.
My kid is a college freshman nearby and my wife and I like to go to Walters after visiting. (Kid doesn't go because of food allergies). Most recent visit, we were in line behind a group of high schoolers who looked like they just came from sports practice.
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My kid is a college freshman nearby and my wife and I like to go to Walters after visiting. (Kid doesn't go because of food allergies). Most recent visit, we were in line behind a group of high schoolers who looked like they just came from sports practice.
Interesting historic building from the 1920s too.
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Interesting historic building from the 1920s too.
I never took a class of Mendel's but I TA'd one of his world history surveys.
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I never took a class of Mendel's but I TA'd one of his world history surveys.
Was that a John Beeler class? I took a full year of 17th-18th C British political history with him and it rocked.
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Was that a John Beeler class? I took a full year of 17th-18th C British political history with him and it rocked.
Maybe Happy Ending is funny, sweet, and poignant. Has good music and great looking sets.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Maybe Happy Ending is funny, sweet, and poignant. Has good music and great looking sets.
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
August 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
I think she also got shook from the vitriol she received when she paused congestion pricing.
August 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I think she also got shook from the vitriol she received when she paused congestion pricing.
That building has an interesting bar (and debauchery) history going back to the 1880s! daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/06/corn...
Koster & Bial's-- 6th Avenue and 24th Streets
In the last half of the 19th Century 23rd Street was the theatre district of Manhattan – opera houses, music halls, theatres and vaudevil...
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
That building has an interesting bar (and debauchery) history going back to the 1880s! daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/06/corn...
That's THE MOVIE that sparked my interest in and then love of older movies when I randomly watched it on @tcmtv.bsky.social 30 years ago. Still one of my favorites.
August 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
That's THE MOVIE that sparked my interest in and then love of older movies when I randomly watched it on @tcmtv.bsky.social 30 years ago. Still one of my favorites.