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9th St. & 2nd Ave., Gowanus, Brooklyn | Accident

By ethan | Published: January 7, 2010
2:40pm on Thursday January 7, 2010 this scene took place outside our windows: Either a pedestrian was hit, or someone collapsed in the middle of the street; the story is still unfolding. If anyone has any more information on this, please let us know by leaving a comment. The comments are not moderated and you don’t [...]
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Overlooked New York

By ethan | Published: January 3, 2010
Overlooked New York is a whimsical portrait project by Zina Saunders, who has compiled her illustrations of some of the most interesting unknown people in New York into a fascinating cast of characters. As illustrated above, “Whitney, age 36, has found his home behind the buttons and hooks of century-old clothing, whose constriction he finds [...]
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Central Park Sleigh Ride 1898

By ethan | Published: January 3, 2010
Two great articles from Gothamist and Ephemeral New York bring the history of the classic New York sleigh ride to life.
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New York City Apps & Digital Programs

By ethan | Published: January 2, 2010
The NYC Big Apps competition is well under way, and there are some amazing pieces of technology in the pool of contestants. Some of our favorite applications are listed below: General NYC Apps: NYC Way: 30+ NYC iPhone Apps in One – This is our favorite all- encompassing app in this competition. It is currently available for [...]
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New Year’s Postcard to Bushwick Ave

By ethan | Published: January 1, 2010
We leave 2009 behind with a postcard from 100 years ago. It’s always fun to trace the history of old artifacts, and with the wealth of resources available in New York City, it’s often easier than one might think to piece the puzzle together. The postcard was sent to P. L. Ackerman at 1576 Bushwick [...]
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Blizzard of 1888

By ethan | Published: December 21, 2009
Gothamist writes about the Blizzard of 1888 in their daily archives, which include some captivating pictures from Life Magazine. The NY Times says the 1888 storm was the worst blizzard New York had ever known. Read the full excerpt of the 1888 NY Times & NY Sun articles here. We tracked down some additional vintage photos, [...]
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Architectural Park Slope (Snow Edition)

By ethan | Published: December 21, 2009
December 19th & 20th – New York got dumped with 10 inches of snow this weekend. We always love how the snow seems to cover up all signs of modernity in historic neighborhoods (cars, telephone polls, etc.), leaving just the historic architecture on display. Feeling this was too great a photo-op to miss, we layered [...]
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Snow Day in Prospect Park

By ethan | Published: December 21, 2009
Prospect Park was the perfect winter playground on Sunday. The whole setting reminded us of those old Courier & Ives holiday greeting cards. Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein Photo by: Ethan Finkelstein
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Brooklyn in the Snow

By ethan | Published: December 18, 2009
The first significant snowfall is heading up the Eastern Seaboard as we speak. We can’t wait to be snowed in! image by the Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Collection on flickr Weather.com has issued a winter storm warning - “SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST [...]
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Miniature Brownstone Brooklyn

By ethan | Published: December 17, 2009
Recently, we’ve been recalling our childhoods. Maybe its the holidays that bring it out of us. We remember playing with toy trains, lincoln logs, legos, dollhouses, miniature aquariums, race-car tracks, kynex, etc. Something in the air this holiday season has made us want to play with modeling kits to pass the time. If there’s one thing [...]
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