13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXXV)

1. The Green Line The Green Line demarcation zone, Lebanon by A.Abbas, 1982, during the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990 Wikipedia: It separated the mainly Muslim factions in West Beirut from the predominantly Christian East Beirut controlled by the Lebanese Front. The appellation refers to the coloration of the foliage that grew because the space was uninhabited.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXXIV)

1. The House Donald Trump couldn’t Buy Vera Coking’s Atlantic City, New Jersey, home, which Donald Trump attempted to acquire through eminent domain to build limousine parking for his casino (photo by Jack Boucher/Historic American Buildings Survey). Find the full article on Holdouts: The Solitary Resisters of Real Estate, found on Hyperallergic. 2. Liveable Manholes…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXXI)

1. This Secret Trash Collection in a New York Sanitation Garage On the second floor of a nondescript warehouse owned by New York City’s Sanitation Department in East Harlem is a treasure trove—filled with other people’s trash. Created entirely out of objects found by Nelson Molina, a now-retired sanitation worker, who began by decorating his locker.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXX)

1. A Couple Dropped Everything to Open a Pizza Boat in the Caribbean Now they run the best rated restaurant in St. Thomas and the hottest pizza joint in the Virgin Islands. Fresh baked pizza served on delicious made-from-scratch slow-fermentation New York style crust, each pizza is made to order with fresh local ingredients. They offer a…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXIX)

1. These Neatly Organised Film Posters Available to buy as prints by Jordan Bolton. 2. A Hula Hoop Contest on the Champs Elysées, 1958 Found on SimplyMagdorable. 3. This Side Saddle Superstar This picture shows what an equestrienne, a female horse rider, had to cope with in 1910. Not only did she have…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXVII)

1. Arsenic Wafers, nibbled on by Victorian women to get a very pale skin tone Say the word arsenic and most people think “deadly poison.” Arsenic was the poison of choice for murderers up through the latter part of the nineteenth century, and it is still used for homicides up to the present time. It…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXIV)

1. The Man who Collects Stones For years, every day, Luigi Lineri has walked along the Adige in search of stones… In the mid-1960s, Lineri noticed that some of the small rocks that have supported the watercourse for millennia, although smoothed by the incessant passage of time and water, still bear the traces of some…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXIII)

1. A Double-Decker Caravan complete with chandelier and marble fireplace Image (c) Matt Bucknall What was once derelict scrubland at Sutton House in Hackney has been transformed into a late 20th century-themed urban oasis with an edible garden, and art installations including The Grange – a 1970s caravan fitted out as a historic stately home. Details on…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXII)

1. Before alarm clocks were invented, there was the knocker-up The old English occupation known as a “Knocker-Upper”, involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they were awake. It lasted into the 1920s. Found on the Geneology website. 2. Calling Secret Service…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXXI)

1. Brooklyn’s Hidden “Hole in the Wall” Restaurant Serving Up Home Cooked Caribbean when we write hole in the wall, we mean it literally. There’s no name, no sign, no hours, no menu, no door to walk through. Just a rectangular cutout from a storefront grate, just by the intersection of Kingston Avenue and St.…