Lost New York Conference

by | Aug 29, 2009 | Books, Conferences, Events, Exhibitions

Bryan and I are planning a conference called “Lost New York, 1609-2009,” which will be held at NYU on October 2 and 3. Our speakers will include Joanne van der Woude (Harvard University), Elizabeth L. Bradley (New York Public Library), Lytle Shaw (NYU),...

Sign me up

by | Aug 24, 2009 | Books, Exhibitions, Odds and Ends

Not sure exactly how this sign ended up at the Morgan Ave. stop on the L, but according to New York Shitty it’s connected to the MCNY exhibit Cyrus wrote about here some time back. Exhibit has a nice coffee-table book associated with it, too. I’ve got a...

Museum of the City of New York

by | Jun 15, 2009 | Exhibitions | 2 comments

I finally made it up to the Museum of the City of New York yesterday, which I hadn’t visited in a very long time. The impetus was provided by my father-in-law, who was visiting from out of town — isn’t that always the way? In light of the “Lost...