@builtbrooklyn

Professor, Cornell University; Historian-in-Residence, NYC Parks Department

 Brooklyn + Cornell University
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Joined June 2014
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Robert Moses born OTD 1888
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And yet we are all forced silent…
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Earlier today on way to Great Camp Santanoni, Adirondacks
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A Portrait of New York City by Air in 1924

Long before Google Maps, an intrepid inventor with three camera-equipped biplanes captured a groundbreaking view of Gotham in its Jazz Age glory.

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Remains of the day; site of peaceably dissembled pro-Palestine encampment at Cornell
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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/03/09/world…

The 10-Year-Old Boy Who Has Become the Face of Starvation in Gaza (Published 2024)

The harrowing image of a skeletal Yazan Kafarneh circulated widely on social media and has served as a graphic warning about the enclave’s dire food situation.

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Cornell under the elms, 1933
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Cat thermal proximity chart 55 to 60°:  curls up next to me under the covers 60 to 65°: curls up next to me atop the covers 65 to 70°: curls up at foot of bed 70° plus: nowhere to be seen
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The longest day
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View from Harlem rooftop, three days ago and just now
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⁦@RiversideParkNY⁩
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Cucumber tree, Trumansburg ⁦@OldGrowthFN⁩ ⁦@CornellCALS⁩ ⁦@sunyesf⁩ ⁦@YaleEnvironment⁩
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Fall creek gorge today @Cornell
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via @NYTimes ⁦@vishaannyc⁩ ⁦@paulgoldberger⁩ ⁦@kimmelman⁩ ⁦@brooklynhistory⁩ nytimes.com/2022/10/17/nyreg…

Can $50 Million Make a Dull Brooklyn Office Park Cool? (Published 2022)

A look inside the rebranding of MetroTech, an outdated corporate campus from the early 1990s.

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