Archive for the 'brooklyn' Category

Survey of lettering from Brooklyn.

Moriah found this guy for me. ZIP-based, district-specific voting information - who's on the ballot and information about all of them. There's also a (separate) tool for ballot measures.

Each borough's border photographed.

Wow. I might have to go see this to get a real take on it, because after reading this short review, I'm very conflicted about it.

Never got around to linking to this before, but I did the front-end development for this site and collaborated on the design with Circle and Square, with Nathan Hamblen providing able and patient JS and back-end development.

Roll call on today's City Council vote to approve congestion pricing in the city of New York. My councilman, Bill deBlasio, who is running for borough president, voted "No", which seems to be a politically questionable move. He's probably lost my vote.

"'The Horror at Red Hook' is set in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn, NY, where Lovecraft lived for a brief time at 169 Clinton Street (from 1924 to 1926)."

"Woke up afraid of my own shadow / Like genuinely afraid"

Interesting resource for keeping up on the neighborhood.

now i have the most absurd watch tan. all over my body. also! i lost four pounds. 8 hours from start to finish, plus an etra half hour to get from home to the starting point.

"Will I see you tonight, on a downtown train? All of my dreams just fall like rain, all upon a downtown train."