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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

FDNY Engine 15, Ladder 18, Lower East Side

Photo of NYC fire station with a flower memorial

nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In addition to coke, the other tell tales that nailed me - a guy who's lived in NYC for 30 years - as an Alabamian were roly poly and, who would've thunk it, the way I pronounce lawyer.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I live in his district and he definitely has the ear of the small group of elderly cranks who are still vocally fuming over congestion pricing and don't like younger people enjoying themselves in public at restaurants and in open streets.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Nice font on an apartments advertisement that appears to be from the first half of the 20th century, Kips Bay, Manhattan

Sign reading Elevator Apartments Available in yellow letters on a green background

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wanda is a fantastic movie that everyone should watch.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here's one in the flesh I found at a Broadway street vendor a number of years ago.

Photograph of paperback of The Big Sleep showing a woman in bed holding a gun and facing a man partially seen from the back.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you’ve seen live The Cramps The Replacements Ramones Rolling Stones Drive-By Truckers Buddy Guy R.L. Burnside Built to Spill Rage Against the Machine Melvins

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

What's a life of 50 years in this town down for you except to earn your name and place on a barstool

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Not a bodega cat, but a flower shop doggie.

Small white dog hanging out in a work table.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I got an accidental, but pretty good, shot of a pigeon in flight while doing some urban design fieldwork.

Photo of a pigeon in flight in front of some modern highrises in Manhattan.

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Walk through New York and you’re walking through Revolutionary history. A new exhibition co-curated by @gothamcenter.bsky.social, led by alumnus Peter-Christian Aigner, uncovers the city’s often overlooked role in the American Revolution www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-exh...

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New Exhibition Places NYC at Center of the American Revolution, with Help From the Graduate Center

The Gotham Center for New York City History co-curated a museum exhibition and launched an app that bring Revolutionary New York to life.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Sloss Furnaces National Historical Landmark, Vulcan, and slightly farther afield, Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park - all iron related!

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Jimmy's Corner, Times Square, Friday night

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I have a friend who was a rich person home muralist after college. One woman had my friend paint a rainforest mural in a bathroom with a person peeking through bushes at the toilet.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It was so hard to get tickets those first years it was open, which was good in its way because people wanted to go.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

That stinks. I had tickets to finally (finally!) visit the NMAAHC in October and then the government shut down. Have not been able to reschedule and am worried the clock is ticking down on the admin wrecking it.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Red-breasted Mergansers in the East River at Corlears Hook. 3/08/26

Male red breasted merganser in the East River.

Two female red breasted mergansers in the East River.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Funny! When I was a freshman at VU in 90-91 there was another freshman who had long hair and a beard and went everywhere barefoot and was known around campus as Jesus. But I never saw him again after that year. Maybe he took some time off and had a second coming to DJ?

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I did something similar with an Elm in Central Park. From 2017 to 2024 when it was sadly cut down due to Dutch Elm disease, I took a photograph every time I walked past it. This started after dropping my child off at kindergarten after a long commute and then walking through the park to the subway.

Central Park Elm tree in spring with blooming cherry tree in background.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I'm sad to hear that. I had a full year with him in his Enlightenment and French Revolution classes and he was on my oral exam committee. He was a challenging, rigorous professor and I got a lot out of his classes.

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The Batman tv show is 60. Adam West should have got an Emmy for this scene alone. I love DeNiro, Washington, Day-Lewis etc but none of them have had an acting challenge like this. youtu.be/tgCkmUS1IYI?...

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Bruce Wayne / Batman Has a Conversation With Himself

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I have this panel saved on my phone because it's (unfortunately) a timeless classic.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Hell yeah! I just lucked across Back from Samoa while visiting Tampa for a bowl game.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I was not familiar with the artist John Wilson before I saw this wonderful exhibition. But I've been back to see it a second time and have recommended it to lots of friends.

Drawing of Martin Luther King, Jr by John Wilson.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Some recent day and night photos of Manhattan.

Photo of Greenwich Locksmiths illuminated at night.

Large plywood enclosure on the sidewalk sloppily spray painted with the words Caution Electric Live.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A tapir walked up to its enclosure fence at the zoo and peed through it on my younger brother when we were little kids.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

What?! I read Rip It Up this summer and had no idea. What'd I miss?

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

@jordanharper.bsky.social I just finished She Rides Shotgun and wanted to say that it was one of the best novels I read this year. And I immediately ordered a copy for my stepfather as a Christmas present.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

John Brown's grave and farm near Lake Placid, NY. Photos from March 2021.

Two wood buildings of the John Brown farm in the snow.

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a political action group that sought to affect change and bring widespread attention to the AIDS crisis, formed in March 1987. Their first demonstration at the busy intersection of Wall Street and Broadway 37 years ago today. Read more: bit.ly/2UhqwIH

ACT UP member David Serko dragged by police on Broadway. Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators and police at the intersection of Trinity Place and Rector Street, March 24, 1988. Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators at Trinity Place, just north of Rector Street, with Trinity Church at back right. March 24, 1988 Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators on Broadway, with Trinity Church at back right, March 24,1988 Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

When I was in high school in B'ham at the end of the 80s, I saw the Cramps, Ramones, and Replacements play shows at Sloss Furnace. Besides continuing to host cultural programs, Sloss has a metal arts program, which is pretty damn cool.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🚨HISTORIC PRESERVATION ALERT🚨: A concerted effort is underway by art historians & preservationists to save historic Wilbur J. Cohen building & its priceless New Deal artworks, threatened for sale by Trump administration. Please read, sign linked petition & repost! www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

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Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My 18-year-old college freshman child took the train into the city today to vote for the first time. They got claps from the poll workers.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Adagio in G Minor in Gallipoli has haunted me ever since I first saw the movie in high school many years ago.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My kid is a college freshman nearby and my wife and I like to go to Walters after visiting. (Kid doesn't go because of food allergies). Most recent visit, we were in line behind a group of high schoolers who looked like they just came from sports practice.

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nathanjriddle.bsky.social @nathanjriddle.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Interesting historic building from the 1920s too.

One-story hot dog stand from the 1920s with a tiled, hipped roof with Chinese-inspired design elements.

Detail of hot dog stand showing Chinese lantern hanging from eave.

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