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Glass plate slide of a spiral nebula in M33 Trianguli, n.d.

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Viktoria Lapteva

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New York City’s last by-the-hour love motel has closed. If these walls could talk...

They would probably share how this narrow building opened in 1908 as the Strand Hotel. Or how in 1912, due to its close proximity to the pier, The New York Times rented out every room to cover the Titanic sinking. Or how in the 1940s, it catered exclusively to men and rented to sailors who usually had only a few hours to experience what the city had to offer. Or how in the 1970s, it changed its name to the Hideaway Motel and opened a gay club in the basement called The Anvil. Or how celebrities like Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Freddie Mercury and Lou Reed frequented the club until its closure in 1985. Or how when it changed its name to the Liberty Inn, its themed rooms were the site of many affairs through the next three decades.

Or how the motel property was acquired by Hyundai and for the first time in over 100 years, has permanently closed.

The future of the former Liberty Inn is unknown, though I received a message recently from someone stating that it has already been demolished. I wasn’t able to confirm this and in May 2024 (via Google Street View), it was still standing. Per the New York Post, the 6,735 square-foot building can be replaced with one twice as large under zoning rules and because it lies outside the nearby historic district, new construction doesn’t need to be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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Pigs and papa, 2009 - by Toshiteru Yamaji (1937), Japanese

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Alexandra Leese

Yumi & The Moon (2019)

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Deposit Figures, Vasco Ascolini, 1996

"Deposit Figures is an unpublished project commissioned in 1996 by the French Ministry of Culture. Ascolini was asked to photograph the hundreds of sculptures removed from Parisian squares, streets and palaces and placed in this huge depot in Yvri . . . awaiting restoration."

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Extension of cemetery, Montecatini Alto, Leonardo Savioli, 1966-75. Photography by Oscar Ferrari 

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Eric Massholder — Oh Mama Feels Danger (oil on canvas, 2006)

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They Might Be Giants - I Love You for Psychological Reasons (official vi...

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Trust (Hal Hartley, 1990)

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Thierry Urbain

Etemenanki II

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Clive Barker (b. 1952) - Death's Womb

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Call Your Uncle, NYC, Photo by Phillip Collier, 1977

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Shinjuku, Tokyo 東京 新宿

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My name comes from H H Goodard's scale which he developed in Vineland NJ

Legal Status of Eugenics in the US in 1926