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Tag Archives: New York City
Found Libraries
Even though there are still more than 13,000 public payphones on New York City sidewalks, they are seen by most residents as dead technology, if they are noticed at all. But NY architect and civil society activist John Locke, the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Libraries, USA
Tagged New York, New York City, Payphone
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What’s a Rare Bookman
The exhibition “Ray Safford, Rare Bookman,” which opened yesterday at the Grolier Club, New York City, offers a look into the famed New York firm of Charles Scribner’s Sons and the literary, publishing, and rare book worlds in turn-of-the-century New York. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Edward W. Bok, Grolier Club, Lewis Carroll, New York City, Rudyard Kipling, Uncle Remus
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Paris vs. New York
Last year we pointed you to the delightful and entertaining blog Paris versus New York which was created by artist/graphic designer Vahram Muratyan. Now the whimsical chronicle of the idiosyncratic styles of the two great cities has become a lighthearted … Continue reading
Don’t Embark Without One
There’s an embarrassment of riches when it comes to urban transit apps for smartphones, as well as a pile of dreck. But it can be a daunting task choosing an app to help navigate an unfamiliar public transport system. San … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Tourism
Tagged apps, Boston, Chicago, London, New Jersey Transit, New York City, Philadelphia, Public transport, San Francisco
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Free Art Books
The fabulous Guggenheim Museum in New York City recently made sixty-five classic artists’ catalogs and art texts available for free online. This treasuretrove offers many impossible to find historic catalogs from such giants as Kandinsky, Klee, Schiele, Klimt, Calder, Munch … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Calder, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, New York City, Paul Klee, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Wassily Kandinsky
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Music, Photography and Google
This neat photo-set of iconic album cover locations was discovered on Google Streetview and put together by our friends at Whutdat.de. The paired photographs include Eric Clapton’s 461 Ocean Boulevard, the Beatles Abbey Road, Led Zepplin’s Physical Graffiti and more.
Posted in Art, Europe, Music, Photography
Tagged Abbey Road, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, London, Neil Young, New York City, Oasis
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Pssst…French Books
The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Artists, France, Garamond, Grolier Club, Imprimerie Nationale, New York City, New York Public Library
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Save the Horses
For most New York City visitors, the horse drawn carriages of Central Park appear to be a quaint, nostalgic hold-over from an earlier time, or just another tourist trap to grab their dollars. But, what they really represent is plain … Continue reading
Week In Hell
This past September, artist/illustrator/blogger/writer/provocateur Molly Crabapple “locked” herself in a New York City hotel room, covered the walls entirely in huge sheets of paper and filled the paper with her artwork. Molly funded this clever project through a very successful … Continue reading
