February 27th, 2010 |
Environment
There are few things that remain unspoiled by the years but when you’re in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, looking south over the BQE and into Red Hook, you’re looking at infrastructure and industrial detail that hasn’t changed much in the past 50 years. My grandmother could have seen this exact same sight. In a city where few objects have permanence, that’s beautiful.
From: Asbestos Product Manufacturers Info Site:
“Founded by Arthur Kennedy in Brooklyn, NY in 1898, Kentile Floors was a popular manufacturer of floor tiles. The company’s plant, easily recognizable by the large purple neon sign that towered over its Brooklyn plant, claimed to be the home of “America’s largest manufacturer of super-resilient floor tile.”
Known for the bold patterns it produced on its vinyl tiles, Kentile and its floors became a hit nationwide. The company’s “Crystalite Vinyl” tiles were especially popular in the 1950s and 1960s.”
Environment
February 8th, 2010 |
Interaction Design
Summarizing Chris Fahey: a user is not the sum of the actions you wish them to take.
Interaction Design
February 3rd, 2010 |
Moving
Tags: ixd10, nyc, savannah, Train
Moving
January 7th, 2007 |
Cycling
On Saturday we rode our cruisers to Coney Island. We followed a bike path that wound down along the East River and down through the Verrazano Narrows underneath the Verrazano Bridge (the bike path is probably called something like “The East River Bike Path” or “Verrazano Narrows Bike Path”). It was amazing. There is no shortage of breathtaking scenery around here. Once in Coney Island, we were greeted by such local gems as “Shoot the Freak” and the “Cyclone“. The ride home along Ocean PKWY was great as well, viewing yet another one of Brooklyn’s finest assets: its cultural diversity.
Cycling
January 3rd, 2007 |
Work in progress
The bed I made from red oak is a sturdy platform bed that knocks apart in a matter of seconds (no tools needed). It appears to be picking up a lot of reds and yellows now that it’s always in our south-western facing bedroom.
Work in progress
