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The Jazz Loft Project

By ethan | Published: March 20, 2010
The Jazz Loft was documented from 1957 to 1965 by the great photographer W. Eugene Smith. This documentation spanned 40,000 photographs and thousands of hours of audio tapes. Smith captured over 300 jazz artists like Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Bill Evans and Roy Haynes. Through preservation of his documentation, we are able to hear and view [...]
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Urban Center Books Temporarily Closing | NYC Museum of Complaint

By ethan | Published: January 10, 2010
Credit: Paul Soulellis The Municipal Arts Society is moving to a new location later this month, and its bookstore Urban Center Books is having a large sale until Jan. 23, 2010. The good news is that much of their stock is down 40% from the cover price. The bad news for New York is that one [...]
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NYC BigApps | Addendum

By ethan | Published: January 10, 2010
As an addendum to our earlier post about the NYC BigApps contest, we’re shedding some additional light on another contestant, as well as one we already covered. Though the opportunity to vote has ended, we should all still be supporting these projects, each of which contribute to making our city a better place to live. Roadify [...]
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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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