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Construction site in TriBeCa, circa 1973

November 20, 2011 @ 11:20 pm

Photo: Wil Blanche/NARA According to the photo’s caption, this was a construction site just north of the former Word Trade Centers in NYC in May 1973. I guess this is what TriBeCa used to look like huh.

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Space Miami: a documentary about the abandoned rocket site in Miami-Dade

June 28, 2011 @ 2:11 am

I lived in Miami for some time and had never heard of the now-abandoned Aerojet-Dade rocket site until now. The place is what you would expect after 50 years of abandonment and it’s a bit of a surprise to me … Continue reading →

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Madballs website still up

May 22, 2011 @ 11:05 pm

Just FYI: The Madballs website is still up and if you want to purchase Madballs to rekindle your love for gross-out 80′s memorabilia, you can because there are plenty of stores that still sell these things. Amazing.

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Types of Toast

March 23, 2011 @ 1:24 pm

A single-serving site that presents you with crudely drawn images of toast in costumes. Simple time-waster of the day I suppose…

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18th-century ship found at World Trade Center site

July 17, 2010 @ 1:05 pm

This happened while I was away, but apparently an old 18th-century ship was found during the excavation of the World Trade Center site. The ship is not believed to have been shipwrecked there and some historians believe that the wood … Continue reading →

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Gowanus Canal named a government Superfund site

March 2, 2010 @ 11:53 am

Photo: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times Some bad news coming out of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency this morning as it just named the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn a government Superfund site. For those who are unfamiliar, Superfund is the … Continue reading →

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