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Exactly 140 years ago today, a prototype for a pneumatic train system was unveiled in New York City–built secretly, no less!–running for one block underneath Broadway between Murray and Warren Streets. Evidently, despite the cool, super-quick rides pneumatics promised, the idea never really caught on outside the world of sci-fi narratives like Futurama or The [...]

Yesterday we heard the sad news that American photographer Roy DeCarava had passed away at the age of 89. One of the pioneers of a new kind of American street photography, especially between the late-40s and late-60s, DeCarava focused his lens on the desolation of the neighborhood where was spent most of his life: Harlem. [...]