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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire « Iconic Photos
by karlcow
When a fire broke out on Saturday, March 25, 1911, on the eighth floor of the New York City factory, the locks sealed the workers’ fate. In just 30 minutes, 146 were killed.
About New York - Raphael Golb’s Aliases Enlivened Debate Over Dead Sea Scrolls - NYTimes.com
by karlcow
That 1993 cartoon could use an update. On the Internet today, everybody knows you’re a dog.
New York City and Paris ‘Map Cuts’
by karlcow
By removing the unnecessary, this New York City map-cut reveals the “paths, nodes, circles, boulevards, parks and streets” of the greatest city in the world.
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October 2009
New York Times - Linked Open Data
by karlcow
The New York Times has published 5,000 people subject headings as linked open data under a CC BY license. We provide both RDF documents and a human-friendly HTML versions.
Learning from Shogun
by Takwann
(via)
Learning from SHOGUN was distributed by the Japan Society of New York through the good offices of Peter Grilli, and two printings quickly sold out. The authors are pleased to make it available here in PDF format for interested readers and teachers, but please remember that this is copyrighted material and may not be reproduced for more than personal or instructional use. Note that the PDF version is bookmarked for easy access to the separate chapters. We also want to emphasize that Learning from SHOGUN is about Clavell's novel, not about either the TV miniseries or the feature film versions. A postscript to the book does offer my own first impressions of the miniseries, however, of which I was able to see a preview before it appeared on national television.
Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China | ChinaHush
by kasi77
October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”
the new york times: cinema version | imago new media
by sbrothier
The New York Times: Cinema version commercial
FKDL Metro Monde opening « Since - Upian - Artspace
by sbrothier
& 1 other
Self taught artist, Frank Duval, aka FKDL, is an adept of collage in all its forms since 1997 : art scotch, paintings, murals, street art… In 2006, he creates a family of 20 black voluptuous silhouettes on the walls of Paris, before taking them to New-York, Berlin, London, Barcelona, Turin…
Once they’re adorned with bits from vintage magazines, his figures, with their characteristic colored backgrounds and their happy body language, make FKDL a unique signature in the universe of street art.
September 2009
Apartment Therapy New York | Re/Assemble Dining Table by Amy Kircher & Alejandro Iriarte Design Showcase 2009
by sbrothier
"This is an affordable dining table created to meet our own standards of aesthetics and practicality. We designed it to follow simple structure lines and to express the virtues and qualities of the material. We wanted a piece of furniture that is easy to move, disassembles quickly and requires NO bolts, knots, glue or easily lost pieces...."
Nintendo may cut Wii price by $50-$200: reports
by alamat
(via)
NEW YORK – Nintendo Co Ltd may cut the price of its Wii video game console by $50 to about $200, starting this weekend, according to several technology blogs.
The New York Review of Ideas
by karlcow
Introducing a New Magazine About the Ideas Behind American Culture.
THOMAS PAUL at ELSEWARES / 718-502-8893
by sbrothier
When a young New York necktie designer named Thomas Paul Fernez decided to try his hand at home textiles and housewares, he was really onto something. His inspired sense of contrast in both color and proportion began to define a signature Thomas Paul style, reinterpreting classic fine china motifs for modern sensibilities.
NASA - New York City on 9/11/01
by jpcaruana
& 1 other
Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center
NASA - New York City on 9/11/01
by marco
& 1 other
Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center
Coney Island Book | Baptiste Lignel - Johnny Miller
by sbrothier
Parc d'attraction mythique à la marge de New York, qui a inspiré tous les photographes. Ici un nouveau regard, en quatre mains.
L'approche de chacun des deux photographes, et chaque corpus d’image renforce l’autre, et élargit son sens. L'ensemble permet, en montrant très peu, de faire deviner et comprendre beaucoup. On ne voit pas Coney Island. On voit ce qui le constitue ?
White uPVC Conservatory - 14m² - Used, located in York
by cryogenius
(via)
We are selling this conservatory as it is soon to be replaced by a new extension. It was installed 7 years old and cost around £7,000 when new. The Conservatory is in white UPVC, generally in good condition.
Approximate size is 4.75m by 3m, with a ~1.6m high wall at one end and frosted windows, and a ~0.6m dwarf wall on the other two sides. The corner of the two glass sides is cut off at an angle.
The FADER | Magazine Website | Music News, Mp3's, Podcast for each issue
by garret
"The FADER, or FADER, is an United States-based music/culture/fashion magazine that covers hip-hop, reggae, independent rock, pop and dance music from around the world.
Founded by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen in 1998, The FADER is a freestanding, independent New York City-based magazine." Wikipedia
August 2009
Le messager de l'enfer - Chronique Bernard Pivot - leJDD.fr
by paulantoinem
On l’a reçu, on l’a écouté. A Londres, à New York. Même le président Roosevelt lui a consacré une heure. C’était donc vrai ce qu’on racontait sur la barbarie allemande. On a compati, on s’est i ...
Op-Art - Smells of New York City - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
by karlcow
New York secretes its fullest range of smells in the summer; disgusting or enticing, delicate or overpowering, they are liberated by the heat. So one sweltering weekend, I set out to navigate the city by nose. As my nostrils led me from Manhattan’s northernmost end to its southern tip, some prosaic scents recurred (cigarette butts; suntan lotion; fried foods); some were singular and sublime (a delicate trail of flowers mingling with Indian curry around 34th Street); while others proved revoltingly unique (the garbage outside a nail salon). Some smells reminded me of other places, and some will forever remind me of New York.
L’analyse de sentiments, cela ne fait que commencer ! | ReadWriteWeb France
by paulantoinem
Le New York Times publie cette semaine un article sur l’analyse de sentiment, une tendance qui ne fait que s’accélérer, portée par une autre, celle du temps réel et de Twitter. L’analyse de se ...
