“You will perceive by the resonance of the place whether the area is large or small, whether you are in the middle or in a corner.” Emile Jean-Jacques Rousseau What relevance does this quotation have for the life of the soul, the long traverse of sensation, experience and reflection that makes up the totality of […]
via ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com This menu for New Year’s Day dinner in 1906 is surprisingly familiar…until you realize that the prices are in pennies, not dollars. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
via tsutpen.blogspot.com Such a gifted, balanced singer that she could take treacle and turn it into transcendence. Go listen to her to close out the decade and remember when the big band behind the voice was designed to elevate the voice, provide the harmonies and feature the song. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
via papatedsplace.com Here’s a great collection of Christmas photos from the 1920’s. The volume may have changed in 90 years, but the focus is still the same. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
via tsutpen.blogspot.com An early Warhol holiday celebration. Gives you a sense of what all the fuss was about. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
via youtube.com Happy Holidays to everyone. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
via ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com Here’s lower Broadway in 1850, two years after the photo was taken of the farmhouse on the Upper West Side. Click through to Ephermal New York’s post — they have some interesting background on the Moffat behind the ad on the building you see down the street. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
via cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com This is believed to be the oldest photo of New York, showing a farm on what was Bloomingdale road, most likely somewhere on the Upper West Side. from Dan McCarthy’s Stream
She sat at the back table by the big air vent that had never worked, sometimes nursing a cup of coffee, other times moving quickly through an egg cream and a cup of soup with a look of voracious satisfaction. Once or twice, she and Renee, the counterman, murmured to each other, leaving Renee with […]