1. The oldest functioning planetarium in the world
Hidden behind a pocket-sized door in a doll’s house-like building in the sleepy Dutch town of Franeker is a room so unique that even a King was star-struck. Explore the extraordinary world created by wool weaver turned astronomer, Eise Eisinga. His creation of a fully functioning planetarium in his one-room home sought to quell locals’ fears sparked by astrological predictions, and illuminate the complexities of the solar system.Against the odds, his planetarium still works today, almost 250 years.
Found on Cabana Magazine.
2. The sheer amount of interiors inspiration in this listing of a Jacobean court house for sale in Somerset
Found on Inigo.
3. The Beekeeper’s Hut at the Walled Garden School
The Walled Garden School in Hawarden offers accommodation, workshops in cooking, craft, wellness etc at the Hawarden Estate in N.E Wales.
4. The Lit Salon, A New Candelit Literary Salon Inside A Historic Townhouse
From the founders of Untapped Cities, you can attend in person or virtually at their next event on September 19th, featuring Paulina Bren on the launch of her new book She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street.
5. Jean Michel Basquiat, 1982 photographed by James Van Der Zee
6. Highlights from a Dutch 1896 calendar designed by Theodoor Willem Nieuwenhuis
More found here.
7. Hollywood Walkouts
During the golden age of Hollywood, from the Thirties through, at least, the Fifties, studios would line up a film’s cast and have them walk. In costume. Apparently between takes. Most often it was the film’s main cast. Frequently it was only its two or three stars. Sometimes its director or other prominent participant was included. Usually the photograph was taken outside on the studio lot, in the bright California sunshine. But sometimes it was taken indoors, typically against a blank white backdrop, in which case the walking was more or less mimed. The participants almost always look quite jolly, the moment, all quite spontaneous; the former may well have been true, but certainly not the latter.
Many more found here.
8. The First Dunkin Donuts, Quincy MA, 1950s
The story of Dunkin’ Donuts started in Quincy, Massachusetts with a man named Bill Rosenberg. In 1948, Bill Rosenberg opened a restaurant called “Open Kettle,” serving premium coffee and donuts. After brainstorming with some executives, he renamed his restaurant “Dunkin’ Donuts” in 1950.
More info here.
9. The Mystery Spot
The Mystery Spot is a tourist attraction near Santa Cruz, California, opened in 1939 by George Prather. Visitors experience demonstrations that appear to defy gravity, on the short but steep uphill walk and inside a wooden building on the site.
More about it here. Found via Anonymous Works.
10. These magnificent sailing photographs
11. The Dorliton, NYC
The Dorilton is a luxury residential housing cooperative at 171 West 71st Street, at the northeast corner with Broadway, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 12-story building, designed by local firm Janes & Leo in the Beaux-Arts style, was built between 1900 and 1902 for real estate developer Hamilton M. Weed. The Dorilton is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Weed bought the site in February 1900 and hired the firm of Janes & Leo to design a twelve-story apartment hotel on the site. The building cost $750,000 and was intended to attract middle-class residents who otherwise would not have lived in apartments. Storefronts on the ground floor were added after 1919, and many decorative elements were removed or had deteriorated by the 1950s. The Dorilton was sold several times over the years before becoming a housing cooperative in 1984. The exterior was restored in the late 1980s and again in the 1990s, and the interior spaces were restored in the mid-2010s.
Over the years, many of the apartments have been divided into smaller units. These apartments retain some of their original decorations, such as paneling, Queen Anne style fireplaces, French doors, and round window bays. By the early 21st century, the building had 60 apartments, which vary in layout.
Prior to the development of the Dorilton, its site was part of an 18th-century farming community called Harsenville; that community had been redeveloped into a residential neighborhood by the 1880s. The city’s first subway line was developed starting in the late 1890s, and it opened in 1904 with a station at Broadway and 72nd Street. The construction of the subway spurred the development of high-rise apartment buildings on Broadway, such as the Ansonia and the Dorilton.
Found on Wikipedia.
12. Mme Decourcelle, the first female taxi driver in Paris, 1909
There should definitely be a movie about her. Found here.
13. Simone de Beauvoir Explains “Why I’m a Feminist” in a Rare TV Interview (1975)
Found on Open Culture.
