He asked me why I went there and I told him. (Remembering Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard.)
In the summer of 1973 I was 22. That year I moved from New York, where I’d been a working …
Documentary
You love New York City? You’ll love Tom Meyers and Greg Young, the Bowery Boys, and their podcast.
When I was in school, history was one of my two least favorite subjects. I’ve come to the conclusion that …
Driving in Kansas on a dark rural road: The morning that I killed a beauty and could have died.
I’d packed my bag the night before. Before I headed out, I set the thermostat to 80 degrees—the house would …
Some of the earliest recorded sounds of patriotism are up for adoption—just in time for 4th of July.
The Univesity of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) Library, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Grammy Foundation, …
Want to watch the 2018 New York City Pride March? There’s an app for that.
The 49th annual NYC Pride March steps off at 7th Avenue and 16th Street this Sunday, June 24th. The March …
I just received one of the coolest invitations of all time: Cocktails and Cryptology with The New York Times.
Receiving an invitation from the New York Times is always pretty special. But, this one pressed all of my buttons. …
Showtime’s documentary, The Fourth Estate, shatters the very notion of #FakeNews.
Trump understands that in order to galvanize his followers, they need someone to be angry at. And, it’s us. — …
50 years ago this month, the Catonsville 9 burned draft records in a suburban Baltimore parking lot.
What led a group of nine ordinary Americans—including an artist, a nurse, and three clergymen—to seize several hundred draft records …
AFL-CIO, “At the Triangle factory, women had to leave the building to use the bathroom.”
107 years ago today, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occurred—it was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York …
Our self-congratulatory president is an embarrassment; America is becoming the World’s Clown Car.
My take on a HuffPost compilation of Trump’s “I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, and Me proclamations. Stop the insanity. …
The designer of the single most identifiable sign of the cold war—and my childhood—has died.
In the 1960s, they seemed to be everywhere. Churches, department stores, apartment buildings, schools, firehouses, libraries, and telephone switching facilities …
Discover a structure: Architecture and Design Month in New York City, October 2017
Archtober (ärk’tôbər), New York City’s annual Architecture and Design Month, is now in its seventh year! For 2017, the festival …
June Foray, the voice of a generation.
“I love everything I do with all of the parts that I do because there’s a little bit of …
Only this weekend and only in New York: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
Even the press release from Comedy Central is a laugh riot: NEW YORK, June 13, 2017 – The grand opening …
There’s no map on the back, but there’s a handprint on the front and the handwriting has been altered.
Preface The movie, National Treasure is a favorite of mine. It’s a fun romp, a historical-fantasy-mystery, and the Declaration of …
Just released: JFK speaks from his Harvard past in the earliest known recording of his voice.
Harvard has released what its archivists believe is the earliest voice recording of future president, John F. Kennedy, who, as …
Spring 2017: Frank Gehry is teaching an online MasterClass in design & architecture & his creative process
When Jacob and I bought a condo in Baltimore a couple of years ago, the fact that it was in a …
Warhol, a red crayon, and a Brillo Box (3¢ off) come together in a smart, new documentary from HBO.
In 1968 Lisanne Skyler’s father purchased one of Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes for $1,000. 40 years later that same Brillo Box (3¢ …
