"Children of Liberty"

life: On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:59:09 -0400

On this day in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York.

Pictured, the Statue of Liberty photographed from a helicopter by LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White in 1952.

See more photos of America from above here.

The Pacific #Sunset #SF #NoFilter

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:01:59 -0400

The Pacific #Sunset #SF #NoFilter

"The generation shift is happening, and Mr.Monopoly&Co are doing everything they can to hold onto..."

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:40:04 -0400

“The generation shift is happening, and Mr.Monopoly&Co are doing everything they can to hold onto their reign. They’re taking increasingly desperate measures because they know we are too smart and too technologically advanced to fall for the same old bullshit. It might have worked in the past but WE will not fall for divide&conquer.”

- Yours Truly

Listening to this Beastie Boys cassette I found at my parents...

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:12:30 -0400

Listening to this Beastie Boys cassette I found at my parents house. Legit the most #OldSchool #HipHop thing I have ever done #LicensedToIll #RIPMCA (PS- I was NOT driving when I took this - don’t instagram and drive kids)

todaysdocument: Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge! When it...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:14 -0400

Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge Across the East River, 04/1974. ARC ID 55572

Pedestrians on the upper deck promenade of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, ca. 1910 ARC Identifier 541908

todaysdocument:

Happy 130th to the Brooklyn Bridge!

When it opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Designed and built by German-born John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge connected New York and Brooklyn. The remarkable design used Roebling’s patented system of steel wire cable construction. Its graceful limestone and granite towers, pictured here, took 5 years to build.

Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge Across the East River, 04/1974. From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Series

Plan of One Tower for the East River Bridge, 1867

Pedestrians on the upper deck promenade of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, ca. 1910

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:26:24 -0400

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

September 27, 1938

“Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming… we’re...

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:59:00 -0400

“Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming…

we’re finally on our own…”

The Kent State shootings—also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre^[2]^[3]^[4]—occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970.

todayinlaborhistory: Today in labor history, May 1, 1886: At...

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:30:12 -0400

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, May 1, 1886: At its 1884 convention, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (which became the American Federation of Labor), proclaims that “eight hours shall constitute a legal day’s labor from and after May 1, 1886.” The resolution received overwhelming support from FOTLU’s affiliated unions, which organized mass demonstrations and strikes in cities across the country.

"History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:23:40 -0400

“History says, Don’t hope
On this side of the grave,
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme”

- Joe Biden read this poem by Irish poet Seamus Heaney at the memorial service for MIT officer Sean Collier

timelightbox: Photograph by Camilo José Vergara Charlie looking...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:36:46 -0400

timelightbox:

Photograph by Camilo José Vergara

Charlie looking out the window of the Statue of Liberty Ferry, February 1985.

From a distance, they were elegant silver slabs, larger than anything else on the horizon yet often smaller than the nearby smokestacks, bridges and church steeples in the foreground. Almost weightless, the Towers disappeared into the sky, their rectangular shapes barely visible among the spires of the older skyscrapers and the darker forms of the newer ones. Their simple geometric forms — symbols of order and progress — made for a strong presence in the skyline.
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Watching the WTC Towers being built, I never imagined that I would outlive them. Today, those tall silvery buildings that once anchored the southern end of Manhattan and indeed shaped the entire city skyline are gone. But the city, ever resilient, has survived 9/11 and now moves on.

April 4 marks the 40th Anniversary of the opening of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. Camilo José Vergara writes for LightBox about his experience photographing the site over four decades.

Don’t forget that you can #Fly

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:11:04 -0400

Don’t forget that you can #Fly

"‎You don’t need a church house, you don’t need a temple, you don’t need no rosary..."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:10:59 -0400

“‎You don’t need a church house, you don’t need a temple, you don’t need no rosary beads or them books to read to see that you have fallen.. IF you open up your heart you’ll know what I mean.. We’ve been kept down so long, someone’s thinking that we’re all green.. the Pope owns 51 percent of General Motors… and the stock exchange is the only thing that’s qualified to quote us, the Lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see…”

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todayinlaborhistory: Today in labor history, March 6, 2012: ...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:08:37 -0500

todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, March 6, 2012: Thousands of activists and artists in New York City come together to form the “The Longest Unemployment Line in the World,” stretching for three miles from Wall Street to Union Square. They held pink slips for 14 minutes to represent the country’s 14 million unemployed workers – all of whom, if standing in a single line, would stretch unbroken around the continental United States, said one of the event’s organizers.

Me on a(rather slippery) log/fallen tree in the Muir Woods

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:29:55 -0500

Me on a(rather slippery) log/fallen tree in the Muir Woods

Design: A knight holding a crusader’s sword, standing on a...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:39:00 -0500

Design: A knight holding a crusader’s sword, standing on a reel of film. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers).

via oscars.org

Atlas at Golden Gate Park #Latergram

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:37:59 -0500

Atlas at Golden Gate Park #Latergram

Awesome gift from my girlfriend- Laser Etched San Francisco...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:43:54 -0500

Awesome gift from my girlfriend- Laser Etched San Francisco skyline on a piece of driftwood #SF #Art #Inspiration

The last thing we put on our moving truck before we left from...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:53:48 -0500

The last thing we put on our moving truck before we left from Brooklyn to San Francisco was our 3 plants. 1 died naturally, 1 fell out of the back of the truck at parking lot in Ohio, and this one trooper survived. We named it “Sandy” and she is a f’en survivor

Life’s not fair.. Who said we don’t have to be?...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:07:52 -0500

Life’s not fair.. Who said we don’t have to be? #Poetry #Ink #Lyrics

And to my right #MyDesk #Inspiration #TheWorldIsYours

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:00:22 -0500

And to my right #MyDesk #Inspiration #TheWorldIsYours