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Tag Archives: New York City
Occupy Libraries
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Posted in Books, Canada, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA
Tagged Amsterdam, Boston, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Vancouver, Zuccotti Park
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Where In The World
Where in the world is the Internet? Well, it appears that a big bundle of the Internet is hiding out in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Most of us naively think of the Internet as an amazing cultural phenomenon, but … Continue reading
Posted in USA
Tagged 60 Hudson Street, Ben Mendelsohn, Hudson Street, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York, New York City
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Build A People’s Library
The Occupy Wall Street People’s Library blog has been encouraging Occupy sympathizers to create their very own “people’s libraries” in their own communities and neighborhoods. The OWS Library is suggesting that like-minded folks search-out “privately owned public spaces” in their … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries
Tagged Libraries, New York City, OWS Library
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Is Your Sunday Random ?
Did you every wonder why Haydn’s tomb contains two heads ? Well listen to this story. Yelping with Cormac : Cormac McCarthy on Whole Foods and Taco Bell (sort of) Best Books 2011 Guide : Publisher’s Weekly free web-based app … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Maps, Photography, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Cormac McCarthy, Haydn, New York City, Tokyo
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60 Writers/60 Places
60 Writers/60 Places is a fim by Luca Dipiero and Michael Kimball featuring sixty writers in New York City. The writers each read an excerpt from their work in an unlikely location. Rick Moody reads on a baseball diamond. Blake Butler … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, USA, Writing
Tagged Blake Butler, Michael Kimball, New York, New York City, Rick Moody, Tao Lin
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A Year in New York
I really love this short film shot by freelance photographer and video editor Andrew Clancy. The video is based on one year of random filming around New York City. It’s not flashy or artsy, but simply a heartfelt slice of … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to to grow and spread, in their down-time hundreds of demostrators are reading books donated to the protest’s official outdoor library. If you’d like to donate reading material to the library, here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged AFL–CIO, New York City, Occupy Wall Street
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City Guides: Yes, We Still Need Them
Herb Lester Associates in London recently introduced a wonderful series of quirky and hip pocket guides and maps to some of the world’s great cities (with more to follow). These tres-retro little guides and maps are created in collaboration with a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Maps, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged England, Glasgow, Hackney Wick, Harlem, London, New York City, Old Street, Paris, Travel and Tourism
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New York City : Visitors Etiquette
About three weeks ago we posted an article on one artist’s valiant (and funny) campaign to raise the standards of behavior on New York City’s subways. Since then we’ve had some interesting conversations from infrequent visitors and potential tourists about … Continue reading
Posted in Tourism, USA
Tagged Big Apple, Cab Drivers, Etiquette, Manhattan, MetroCard, MTA, New York, New York City, NYC, Subway, Taxi
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Humans of New York
The Humans of New York Project is an admirable effort to create a photographic census of New York City. The project, brainchild of photographer Brandon Stanton, hopes to collect 10,000 street portraits and to plot them geographically on an interactive … Continue reading
