Sigh.

Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, Brooklyn on...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:08:49 -0400

Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, Brooklyn on Flickr.

Custom trike on E 63rd St on Flickr.Via Flickr: this bike was...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:24:56 -0400

Via Flickr:
this bike was awesome. the hubcaps on the rear wheels rotated in an elliptical orbit when it moves. there’s a Jaguar hood ornament and some chromed chains in front. he matched the red right down to his phone cover.

A picture IS worth a thousand words: a 1928 French poster...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:07:23 -0400

A picture IS worth a thousand words: a 1928 French poster commemorating the Fascist execution of Giacomo Matteotti.

More pulpy cover goodness, this time from Richard Corben for...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:15:19 -0400

More pulpy cover goodness, this time from Richard Corben for Twisted Tales. More from Corben and others at The Golden Age.

I love the look on the guard’s face, and the jauntiness of his cap.

Fabulous Weird Tales cover by Margaret Brundage, at the Golden...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:59:22 -0400

Fabulous Weird Tales cover by Margaret Brundage, at the Golden Age blog. Hubba hubba.

I love that the MTA kept these beautiful vestiges. I walk...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:58:27 -0400

I love that the MTA kept these beautiful vestiges. I walk through the Union Square station all the time, and make sure to go by these beautiful mosaics and terracottas.

Via scoutingny:

The ruins of the old 1904 Union Square subway station are hidden in plain sight - Just look for the red frames… (Scouting NY)

Oh, I love bridge infrastructure! Via deshaunicus: Untrained ...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:01:25 -0400

Oh, I love bridge infrastructure!

Via deshaunicus:

Untrained
(by DeShaun A. Craddock)

Taken on the Williamsburg Bridge.

Oh, and speaking of the Williamsburg Bridge…

Lovely. Leonid Meteor Storm over Niagara Falls...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:42:04 -0400

Lovely. Leonid Meteor Storm over Niagara Falls (chromolithograph, 1833).

untitled on Flickr. on Mackworth Island, Maine, in Governor...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:10:46 -0400

untitled on Flickr.

on Mackworth Island, Maine, in Governor Baxter’s dog and horse cemetery.

Ha! I feel that Miss Havisham would approve. Via maudnewton:...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:13:43 -0400

Ha! I feel that Miss Havisham would approve.

Via maudnewton:

Verminous Dickens wedding cake banned from cake show. (via.)

I would way rather have this than a gingerbread house at Christmas, even though I always pictured Miss Havisham’s decades-old leftovers as more dusty and dessicated than maggoty.

Still true, twenty years later, although Bill and Hillary may no...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:58:17 -0400

Still true, twenty years later, although Bill and Hillary may no longer serve the same function.

By the great Peter Kuper.

PRETTY. Via necronocturne: Datamancer’s Art Deco Keyboard....

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:50:30 -0400

PRETTY.

Via necronocturne:

Datamancer’s Art Deco Keyboard.

This glimmering polished aluminum keyboard pays homage to the streamlined, “Machine Age” styling of the 1920’s with a glossy acrylic faceplate, reflective silver keys in a tall Art Deco font, and stepped layers of polished metal.

View of Oia at full moon, Thira (Santorini), Cyclades, Greece by...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:26:07 -0400

View of Oia at full moon, Thira (Santorini), Cyclades, Greece by chupachups2012 on Flickr.

Walter Crane, Skoal (Health!), Vase, 1898-1900 by Gatochy on...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:17:28 -0400

Walter Crane, Skoal (Health!), Vase, 1898-1900 by Gatochy on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Scanned from the book “A Arte Nova”, by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.

Ceramic, painted in rubi-red, 23,5 cm high. Made by Man & Cie. Iparmuvészeti Muzeum, Budapest.

Beautiful Century

I’m not sure which is more awesome: the video, or...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:26:41 -0400

I’m not sure which is more awesome: the video, or mancavedaily’s caption for it.

Via my-ear-trumpet: from

mancavedaily:

This is the most Russian thing since bears in track suits eating vodka-soaked potatoes.

Ленинград — Рыба / Leningrad — Fish

Artist Joe McKendry illustrates publisher Angelika...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:12:39 -0400

Artist Joe McKendry illustrates publisher Angelika Taschen’s favorite books and where she first read them.

More here, well worth perusing!

Captain Blue Sky by ystenes on Flickr.Via Flickr: Waiting for...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:43:22 -0400

Captain Blue Sky by ystenes on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Waiting for the ferry in Molde, we saw this peculiar cloud. “He looks like Captain Blue Ice”, my youngest son suddenly said, and I was astonished. He was even slightly blue…

See below for “Captain Blue Ice” and make up your own mind…

Tea ceremony set　　　　　　　茶道具 by erikomoket on Flickr.

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:34:32 -0400

Tea ceremony set　　　　　　　茶道具 by erikomoket on Flickr.

Via wandrlust: John F. Kennedy, Democratic National...

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:08:45 -0400

Via wandrlust:

John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles 1960 — Garry Winogrand

{UnWinona}: I debated whether or not to share this story.

Fri, 31 May 2013 07:51:11 -0400

{UnWinona}: I debated whether or not to share this story.:

An extraordinary story—by dint of its ordinariness.

Via unwinona:

And then I debated whether or not to put it on Tumblr…but I decided it was important. Because in my own way, I can (unfortunately) point out exactly what is wrong with men when they don’t realize how hard it is to be a woman. How we do not have equal opportunities and freedoms in everyday life….

Sigh.

Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, Brooklyn on...

Custom trike on E 63rd St on Flickr.Via Flickr: this bike was...

A picture IS worth a thousand words: a 1928 French poster...

More pulpy cover goodness, this time from Richard Corben for...

Fabulous Weird Tales cover by Margaret Brundage, at the Golden...

I love that the MTA kept these beautiful vestiges. I walk...

Oh, I love bridge infrastructure! Via deshaunicus: Untrained ...

Lovely. Leonid Meteor Storm over Niagara Falls...

untitled on Flickr. on Mackworth Island, Maine, in Governor...

Ha! I feel that Miss Havisham would approve. Via maudnewton:...

Still true, twenty years later, although Bill and Hillary may no...

PRETTY. Via necronocturne: Datamancer’s Art Deco Keyboard....

View of Oia at full moon, Thira (Santorini), Cyclades, Greece by...

Walter Crane, Skoal (Health!), Vase, 1898-1900 by Gatochy on...

I’m not sure which is more awesome: the video, or...

Artist Joe McKendry illustrates publisher Angelika...

Captain Blue Sky by ystenes on Flickr.Via Flickr: Waiting for...

Tea ceremony set 茶道具 by erikomoket on Flickr.

Via wandrlust: John F. Kennedy, Democratic National...

{UnWinona}: I debated whether or not to share this story.

Tea ceremony set　　　　　　　茶道具 by erikomoket on Flickr.