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July 30, 2006

Art : How do you get a Polack into a movie theater?

There's not really a punchline to the title. Just look at this stunningly intense gallery of Polish movie posters for imported American movies. (retrocrush.com)

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Art : Dr. Sketchy's

Local for Brooklyn kids: sketch meetings at a bar, model provided, and hosted by the super-brilliant Molly Crabapple...

Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school.

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Web Media : For the diagram fetishist


(via gliffy.com)

Gliffy is easy, free, and fun!

* Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software
* Similar to Visio, yet in your web browser
* Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution
* Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow
* Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki
* Create many types of diagrams


(RG take: Site looks a little rough around the edges, but it's the type of novel web app that could be useful to all of us. Worth a look.)

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Photo : The Brooklynites

With this project, we wanted to sever the Brooklyn below that sky. Get beneath the facade, the name, the stories, the reputation, and the place we grew up in. We wanted to find out who the people were and what they loved, hated and added to this historic locale. What we found was a place and a gathering of people that are so much more than their illustrious repute.(sethkushner.com)

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Photographer : Arnold Newman

My Phone Call to Arnold Newman(designobserver.com)
His take on Robert Moses, always a favorite:

plus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Newman

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