Two weeks ago (coincidentally, the same day I went on my paper route), I visited the New York Historical Society library to view several photo collections of newspaper boys in the early 1900's. Luckily, I had blocked out my entire ...Read More
One of the walking tours I'm mapping, from Carol J. Binkowski's book Musical New York (1999), starts with a surprising story from 1736. It has nothing to do with a musician, composer or singer, or even a performance venue, but ...Read More
As I headed to Tribeca on a recent research trip to follow two of the walking tours I’m mapping for my project, a pair of free podcasts released by The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting in 2009 that ...Read More
A few blog posts ago, I wrote about how I wanted to approach my research as one large database. Possibly the most useful aspect of this approach is that I have a pretty organized way to look at all the ...Read More
I went on my first paper route Thursday night. Er...yesterday morning? I feel like I have a bad case of jetlag; I stayed up all night on Thursday, trekked to Bay Ridge at 2a.m., and met up with Ronnie, one ...Read More
Over the past week or so I have expanded my research from internet and book-search to visit the archives and libraries that contain helpful resources for my project. These are: Brooklyn Public Library, the General Library, its Business Division and ...Read More
Hello class, I would like to start gathering submissions to this original database of obstacles to save time in the food delivery process – the deliveryman’s daily cycled itineraries (the process that starts at the time when the deliveryman receives the ...Read More
I’ve spent the last few days at the New York Public Library Performing Arts Collection which is located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. All of my research here has been going through their vast collection of playbills, photographs, architectural plans, ...Read More
Hi there, I think that your project is amazing. I took three photos, however, might not be exactly what you are looking for. I am interested in color and the city. Therefore, i decided to look for some color, always present ...Read More
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320" caption="Clark Street, 2/3 trains"][/caption] The process has begun! I've sent out personal emails to friends and classmates over the last few days to begin gathering submissions to this original database of subway travel "blind spots." When Jesse Shapins ...Read More