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Tales of the City: Dog on the Track

Tales of the City: Dog on the Track

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Panoramic Map of New York

This post appeared in a previous blog and is here for posterity’s sake.

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Panoramic Map of New York uploaded by Eightface
Check out this cool World’s Fair NYC Panoramic map which Dave Kellam found.
Two points:

  1. Look over to where the Lower East Side is, see anything funny?
  2. Look to where Greenpoint, Brooklyn is; see anything wrong, or mislabeled?

I love old maps! (via curbed)

American Sign Museum

Good write-up & photos of the American Sign Museum

Avi Rubin: My day at the polls – Maryland primary ’06

Avi Rubin: My day at the polls – Maryland primary ’06

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Congress Rejects Aid For Sick 9/11 Responders

Congress Rejects Aid For Sick 9/11 Responders

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Fund-Raising Teamwork Saves a New York Football Rivalry

Fund-Raising Teamwork Saves a New York Football Rivalry

A sruvey of War Effort posters through history

A sruvey of War Effort posters through history

Media ownership study ordered destroyed

Media ownership study ordered destroyed

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Relaxing 9/11 New Yorkers

Interesting back and forth (see Frank Rich column) concerning a photo taken during 9/11 of five “relaxed” New Yorkers (see photo) “sunbathing” while the towers burn; read one of the photo’s subject’s response and the photographer Thomas Hoepker’s response

The MisShapes are cooler, and hotter, than you

The MisShapes are cooler, and hotter, than you (well, until they got written up in the New York Times)

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