from Wirehead's flickr
Take a walking tour of Astoria with author Sam Lipsyte. [FW]
Scary, outsized glass tower for 1st Ave and 5th halted. [EVG]
Chasing the city's ghost signs. [FNY]
Fox News revisits Ray's. [NMNL]
"Pop pluralism," aka street art, in the gallery. [NYT]
Who says the new Nouvel glass tower "conjures a downtown New York we once loved and can now barely remember"? [Curbed]
The city gets a new library--with (some) real books in it. [CR]
“Do you still love New York?...Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t.” [WIC]
2 comments:
“A lot of people still have that stereotype that libraries are just books,” Mr. Parrott said. “We’re a lot more than that.”
Just books? JUST books? A librarian that apologizes for the presence of books in a library is in the wrong line of work.
Ottendorfer is now just a row of computers being slept on by the homeless, with a few tatty books in the back. Tompkins Square is packed with books and is much used and loved. Books, books, and more books!
good points BH! i share your sentiments.
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