I strongly encourage you to get a copy of Hurricane Story, the beautiful cloth-bound art book by New Orleans-based photographer Jennifer Shaw. Just out this month from Broken Levee Books (an imprint of Chin Music Press), the slim 7" x 7" volume boasts an eloquent foreword by my old buddy/collaborator Rob Walker.

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There was a piece recently in the New York Times about Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza - and it never mentioned the bizarre and wonderful Bailey Fountain! The fountain is so wacky: nothing's more fun than observing people's slack-jawed reactions as they walk by it. For most of the time I've lived in the area, the fountain was a decrepit ruin, but in ( Read more... )

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