March 25, 2010
New York, March 25, 1911. An eyewitness report as relayed by telephone, disseminated by telegraph, and archived by internet: I was walking through Washington Square when a puff of smoke issuing from the factory building caught my eye. I reached the building before the alarm was turned in. I saw every feature of the tragedy [...]
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December 8, 2009
Lengthy for online reading, but worth the eyestrain: “The Book Mechanic: A modern sensibility binds Terry Belanger to old, rare volumes” by Andrew Witmer Some years ago, Terry Belanger found a striking way to reveal the reverence that many citizens of the digital age continue to feel for old books. . . . [He] brings [...]
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