The first thing I thought of when I saw this photo, which I quickly fell in love with, are the lyrics (which I cannot find online) to a haunting bluegrass / country duet by Dr. Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSHrFSI1Pqg]. Photo by the incredible
educational seminar
Source: Addletters.comThe NYC Department of Education is hosting a three-part workshop series designed to assist middle school students and their families learn about high school options and the admissions process [http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/High/default.htm]. Students entering the eighth grade in September 2011 are encouraged to
Shot with an old Yashica Mat [http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Yashica_6%C3%976_TLR_(crank_advance)] TLR (twin lens reflex) using Kodak Tmax 100 [http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/bw/tMax100.jhtml?pq-path=13400] B&W film (expired in 2003), and developed using
Photo by nolastname.
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
Photo by Erica Sherman.
poison oak
Where could this sign have come from? And is there any truth to it?A reader sent us the iPhone photo you see above along with the following text: > Voorhies ave by the train station. fence guarding the empty lot. Having, thank heavens, no personal experience with poison oak,
Some amazing colors captured here. Photo by Randy Contello.
emergency homeowners loan program
Source: Flickr/steverose57It’s a rough economy, and beleaguered homeowners — some newly unemployed because of the recession — are struggling for ways to make their next mortgage payment. That’s why State Senator Carl Kruger and Brooklyn Housing & Family Services are teaming up to sponsor “Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program Day
Blackout
Sales soared during the blackout inside Mother Bucka’s Ice Cream Parlor, West 8th Street, Coney Island. Source: Paul Hosefros/The New York TimesThe Brooklyn Historical Society reminds us [http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/2011/07/07/the-1977-blackout/] that today is the 34th anniversary of the New York City Blackout of
A unique angle of the designated New York City landmark [http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/12/childs_coney_island.php]. Photo by Laura Fernandez.
gerritsen inlet
Gerritsen Inlet. Source: Google MapsWorkers from Sea Tow New York, a Southold, New York-based marine assistance organization, were dispatched to the waters of the Gerritsen Inlet yesterday afternoon to assist with a 70-foot crane that collapsed on top of a barge belonging to the Lomma Construction Corporation. A Lomma crane