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Central Park From Above

Swiped this link from regyt: a gorgeous aerial photo of Central Park complete with (barely discernible) Gates.

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At the Opening Of the Gates

Or, Orange Will Be the Color For Shower Curtains Next Spring Early this morning (early by my Saturday standards, anyway), bobhowe, silvertide and the usual crew of delinquents went to see the opening of Christo and Jean Claude’s The Gates … Continue reading

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rednoodlealien and I were commiserating on dreadful street names, in a conversation about the NYC Map Portal. I grew up on Dickie Avenue, named for Dr. Samuel Dickie, head of the National Prohibition Party for twelve years and a Prohibition … Continue reading

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Maps and Legends

I’ve loved maps since I was a little kid, and there are three fascinating new tools to play with: Amazon’s A9 Yellow Pages service now lets you walk around the neighborhood. They drove GPS-enabled trucks around Manhattan and other cities … Continue reading

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Does Tonka Make a Version Of This?

I just had an eight-year-old “Ohmygodlookatthecoolmachine” moment downtown.

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Panix Panic

Panix, perhaps New York City’s oldest Internet service provider (meaning that I don’t think any other company was selling dialup Internet access in NYC in 1991) was largely knocked offline this weekend by a domain-name hijacking. The hijacking meant that … Continue reading

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Today’s LJ Finds

I am, apparently not as nerdy as silvertide: Thanks to markbourne, one of whose stories is among the top downloads at Electric Story, I found this wonderful journalism wish-fulfillment piece by Terry Bisson: Meat the Press. And finally, a post … Continue reading

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Protected: The New Rudy Blues

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McWhorley’s

Now that Dennis Hastert thinks it’s a cool place to go, isn’t it time that all decent New Yorkers gave up on McSorley’s? Between the lines, the crowds, and the drunken tourists, it’s certainly no longer the Wonderful Saloon of … Continue reading

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Truck Vs. Truck.

Sighted five minutes apart, circling Union Square:

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