I'm a hacker-journalist, currently Head of Data at Skift and formerly at ProPublica. And this is my random New York photoblog. All photos unless otherwise specified are to be credited to: Dan Nguyen Check out my Flickr, my personal blog, or my books on how to program and take photos.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park, the site of a Met Opera performance for this year’s SummerStage. Today is the last day to vote for #HackSummerStage entries. Check mine out at SummerStageLove.com and if it doesn’t cause you to go blind or into a seizure, please vote for it at its contest page!
The Museum of the City of New York has released a ton of photos of the Manhattan Railway Company, which operated the city’s elevated railway lines at the turn of the 20th century. Squeee!
h/t @Gothamist
The only thing better than a service dog is a service dog you can carry! Awwwww….Seen on the L train
(Source: Flickr / zokuga)
A “Wanted” poster for alleged shoplifters at Williamsburg’s Artists & Fleas market. This poster is so funny to me for some reason, maybe it’s because it’s shot at eye level in full view of the perps who obviously just don’t give a fuck. Maybe it’s actually some kind of Brooklyn hipster marketing campaign.
“DO NOT ENTER” in North Williamsburg
Brighton recovered (post Sandy)
- Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NYC, March 2013
Gabriel Royal, playing the cello at the Bedford stop in Williamsburg
Williamsburg, under construction
I have to hand it to Williamsburg…I didn’t think high-heels could be strung up on power lines.
(Source: Flickr / zokuga)
The WTC tribute, from Brooklyn Bridge Park. My 1,500 tumblr post, apparently. To commemorate my oversharing, I’m re-sharing my very first tumblr post, back in September of 2010.
Williamsburg, corner of Kent and 12th
Williamsburg with midtown Manhattan in the background
A giant present from Williamsburg. h/t @reddit
