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Category Archives: inspiration

Anything having to do with inspiring figures, eras, or things.

Ansonia Clock Company Tragedy

By ethan | Published: August 21, 2009
Source: Brooklyn Public Library We were very saddened to hear about the death of the worker at the Ansonia Clock Company in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the worker’s family and friends. This posting in Brownstoner gives some links to news sources about the death. A quick jaunt through history shows that [...]
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Brooklyn Summer Heat

By ethan | Published: August 21, 2009
All of this heat lately has made the season finally feel like summer. If you are like us, we can’t get enough of swimming holes and pools. It’s a shame we can’t use the lake, or any of the rivers in Brooklyn, like these folks did in the past. Source: Brooklyn Public Library Small fry beat the [...]
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Danse Serpentine – Loie Fuller

By ethan | Published: August 19, 2009
Got this from our friends over at Vena Cava. A dance performance of pioneer modern dancer Loie Fuller, recorded in 1896.
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DAY IN REVIEW: 8.19.09

By ethan | Published: August 19, 2009
Brooklyn Paper: In Brooklyn Heights, pork is the other light meat Brooklyn Paper: Your land is their land NPR: Exclusive First Listen: New Lost City Ramblers All Songs Considered: CMJ Music Festival Announces Initial Artist Lineup Preservation Magazine: Yale To Raze 12 Buildings for Student Housing Selectism: Furs and Frontiers in the Far North The Atlantic: The Answer, My Friend … [...]
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Gaslit Brooklyn

By elizabeth | Published: August 19, 2009
Photo found on: Violette79 Brooklyn is a goldmine of Victorian architecture, and every so often we’re reminded of what it must have looked like over 100 years ago, when much of Brownstone Brooklyn was constructed. The other day we happenstanced upon a block in Park Slope, on which every single street light has a flickering gas [...]
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DAY IN REVIEW: 8.18.09

By ethan | Published: August 18, 2009
Brownstoner: House of the day: 315 Garfield Place NPR: Chasing After The Elusive Narwhal Preservation Magazine: Langston Hughes’ Harlem Brownstone For Sale The Atlantic: Name That Historical Obama Analogy The Sartorialist: On the Street….Fabrizio Against the Heat, Paris
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Photographer Feature: Alfred Stieglitz

By ethan | Published: August 18, 2009
Said to be the father of photography in America, Alfred Steiglitz dedicated his life to photography and art. Before photography was an accepted art form he promoted photography exhibitions, wrote entries in photographic and art magazines, Art Directed the Camera Club of New York, and created a photography journal called Camera Work. He was married [...]
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Musician Feature: Charlie Poole

By ethan | Published: August 18, 2009
With the new project by Loudon Wainwright III entitled High Wide & Handsome making its media rounds we wanted to highlight the artist Charlie Poole. He was the leader of the North Carolina Ramblers in the 1920’s and 1930’s. As Wikipedia states, he was a “fast living and hard drinking man”. When he was not [...]
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