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Holus Bolus

Holus Bolus, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 2008

Jul 14, 2008

Photos: 8

Elutriate

To purify by washing.

Jun 14, 2008

Photos: 11

Vaticinate: New York Worlds Fair 1964-65

Flash cards from the 1964-65 New York Worlds Fair at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, NY.

Apr 13, 2008

Photos: 18

New York Public Library Events: Staten Island

A ferry ride from Staten Island to Manhattan after a presentation of Abecedarium:NYC at the St. George branch of the New York Public Library

Apr 5, 2008

Photos: 23

Georgic

Brooklyn Community Garden; Georgic, a poem to agricultural

Mar 25, 2008

Photos: 2

Nosogeography

Newtown Creek is the site of the 1950 Standard Oil spill of 22,000,000 gallons of oil. Yet to be cleaned and now the responsibility of ExxonMobil. Part of Abecedarium:NYC a project by Susan Agliata and Lynne Sachs.

Mar 16, 2008

Photos: 2

Yashmak

A group of women who wear veils over their faces discuss their choice of dress.

Mar 16, 2008

Photos: 2

Foudroyant

Dazzling or stunning in effect.

Mar 14, 2008

Photos: 7

Rete

Trees and car traffic, the changing networks of the urban landscape. Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY. A film by David Gatten.

Dec 16, 2007

Photos: 5

Zenana

A community of Muslim and Hindu women apply henna designs to their hands in a beauty parlor in Queens.

Dec 11, 2007

Photos: 2

Open City: Castle Williams

In war, a city that has abandoned all defensive efforts.

Dec 1, 2007

Photos: 7

Pelagic

City Island, Bronx, NY

Nov 6, 2007

Photos: 14

Open City: Fort Shuyler

The Fort Schuyler Museum is housed on the campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College at historic Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, New York. Four sides of the fort's irregular pentagon-shaped edifice face Long Island Sound and its juncture with the East River, and housed the heavy guns which formed the fort's original armament to protect this strategic water way.

Nov 5, 2007

Photos: 81

Open City: Fort Totten

Open City: In war, a city that has abandoned all defensive efforts. This park, located along the Cross Island Parkway off Totten Avenue between Totten and 15th Roads in the Queens neighborhood of Bay Terrace, is named for the modernized Civil War fortress in which it resides.

Oct 31, 2007

Photos: 44

Xenogenesis

Asian-American teenagers living very different lives from their parents. Sago Bubble Tea Cafe is delightful.

Oct 15, 2007

Photos: 2

Diglot: Arthur Avenue

Arthur Avenue, Bronx, NY

Oct 13, 2007

Photos: 31

Vaticinate: Charlotte Street

Charlotte Street, Morrisania, Bronx, NY

Oct 13, 2007

Photos: 9

Umbel

Searching for umbrella shaped flowers, I discover the wonders of a carrot plant in the Botanic Garden in Brooklyn.

Oct 10, 2007

Photos: 2

Nosogeography: Southpoint

The ruins of the James Renwick, Jr. Smallpox Hospital, completed in 1856.

Oct 7, 2007

Photos: 28

Vaticinate

The ship graveyard in Staten Island, NY

Oct 3, 2007

Photos: 6

Diglot: New Asha Sri Lankan Restuarant

New Asha Sri Lankan Restuarant, Staten Island

Oct 3, 2007

Photos: 17

Selenography

One Saturday each month (except in mid-winter), the Staten Island Chapter of the AAA hosts public stargazing in Gateway Great Kills National Park, off Hylan Boulevard on the south shore of Staten Island.

Sep 15, 2007

Photos: 4

Kermis

Kermis A festival, usually for charitable purposes.

Sep 2, 2007

Photos: 6

Open City: Governors Island

A visit to Governors Island for production of Open City, a part of the Abecedarium: NYC project by Susan Agliata and Lynne Sachs. http://www.abecedariumnyc.com

Aug 19, 2007

Photos: 74

Vaticinate

To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies. A trip to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the site of the 1939 and 1964-65 World's Fair.