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Tag Archives: New York City
Pooh at 100
A new exhibition at the New York Public Library opened last week celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh. Silly Old Bear! Winnie-the-Pooh at 100 is a special pop-up display at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd … Continue reading
NYC FYI
One of the biggest mistakes that visitors to New York City can make is choosing to stay in the wrong neighborhood. Although the city has a great public transit system, it can be slow, confusing, and quite inconvenient. The very … Continue reading
A Fake Museum of Real Truth
Located in the Tribeca neighborhood of lower Manhattan, the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is a pop-up exhibit created by the Institute for Primary Facts, a nonprofit that describes itself as “advancing civic literacy through immersive … Continue reading
N is for New York
Those of you who stop by this site on a regular basis are likely aware of my interest in cities, urban transit and city planning. These subjects don’t suggest a topic for a children’s book, but in 1937 New York … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, History, USA
Tagged children's books, Fiorello La Guardia, New York City, urban planning
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Story House
The Amazon-owned Audible is opening a “bookless bookstore” in NYC. The Audible Story House will only be open during the month of May, featuring story “tiles” that visitors can use to sample audiobooks, along with seven “listening spaces” equipped with Sony headphones … Continue reading
Lunch Poems
“Lunch Poems” by Frank O’Hara. The beauty of the book is that Frank O’Hara supposedly wrote every poem during his lunch hour, and you can read it exactly how it was written — you can keep the book in your … Continue reading
Cartography comes to Harlem (apologies to Chester Himes)
Elmer Simms Campbell is famous for his decades of work as an illustrator for some of the most popular U.S. periodicals, such as Esquire, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan, during the mid to late 20th century. In 1939, Campbell became the first … Continue reading
Posted in History, Maps, Music, USA
Tagged Cartography, Harlem Renaissance, illustrators, New York City
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New York, New York
I was astonished by the new website isometric nyc. This project offers an amazingly detailed and incredibly comprehensive isometric pixel art map of New York City – not just Manhattan either, but all the other boroughs too, including my ancestral land of … Continue reading
I’ll Take Manhattan
This month marks the 373rd anniversary of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam’s (AKA New York City) incorporation as a city. This process provided municipal rights as a city, and some degree of independence from the broader Netherland’s colonial authority. … Continue reading
So you’re going to New York City
Book lovers and bibliophiles who are heading to New York City this year will have an embarrassment of choices when it comes to special exhibitions at some of the city’s premier institutions. The Morgan Library & Museum‘s Come Together: 3,000 Years … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Grolier Club, Morgan Library & Museum, New York City, New York Historical
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