we were just pretending

Humans of New York

humansofnewyork:

He never said a word, so he’ll forever remain—

The Most Mysterious Man In The World.

This man has got to be a Time Lord.

Never-before-seen photos tell vivid story of gritty New York City

housingworksbookstore:

What It Cost Eight Women Writers To Make It In New York | The Awl Top row: Dorothy Parker, Zora Neale Hurston, Shirley Jackson, Gael Greene. Bottom row: Patti Smith, Susan Sontag, Tama Janowitz, Kate Christensen.

“The first week of January 1925, Zora Neale Hurston moved to New York City, as she recalled, with a dollar and fifty cents in her purse, ‘no job, no friends, and a lot of hope,’” as one of her biographers put it.

The equivalent young female writer arriving in New York in search of literary success in 2012 (as calculated by the CPI Inflation Calculator) would have $19.51 in her purse, which could buy breakfast at Balthazar, or a pack of smokes and one Happy Hour cocktail, or about ten hours’ rent.

comiques:

Friday night bar backyard in Williamsburg

Spotted near the High Line. 

(photo by me)

Sticky-note confessions: What’s the worst lie you’ve ever told a tourist?

In this metaphor, Calvin = every New Yorker

(Source: calvinhobbesdaily)

The Brooklyn Vent, and Other Pieces of Disguised Infrastructure

“A few days ago, Nicola Twilley and I went on an early evening expedition over to visit the house at 58 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn, with its blacked out windows and unresponsive front door.

This “house” is actually “the world’s only Greek Revival subway ventilator” and disguised emergency exit.”