#newyorkcityculture — Public Fediverse posts

Gothamist: Martha Cooper photographed graffiti’s origins. Decades later, she’s still at it.. “Cooper had grown up in her father’s camera shop in Baltimore and spent much of her time looking at the world through the other side of a lens. Where others saw vandalism that needed to be scrubbed away, she saw energy and beauty. She befriended a young graffiti writer named Edwin Serrano, known as […]

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

Village Preservation: Latest Addition to Our Historic Image Archive: The Village Halloween Parade in the 1980s. “We’re proud to share the latest addition to our Historic Image Archive: the Scott Laperruque — Village Halloween Parade Collection. This collection of black-and-white and color images was taken between 1983 and 1987. At the time photographer Scott Laperruque and his wife Amy […]

Print: ‘Queer Happened Here’ Unearths a Century of NYC’s Underground Queer Spaces. “Writer, historian, and New York native Marc Zinaman identified this absence in the chronicling of the city’s queer community, and decided to do something about it. He began an Instagram account in 2021, @queer_happened_here, as a resource and community hub on which to document and archive gay spaces […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/23/print-queer-happened-here-unearths-a-century-of-nycs-underground-queer-spaces/

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New-to-me, from Village Preservation Blog: Exploring Black History Through Village Preservation’s Online Resources. “To help make these histories visible and accessible, Village Preservation has created a rich collection of online resources that allow anyone to explore the people, places, and movements that shaped Black life in our communities.”

New-to-me, from BK Reader: The Brooklyn Mavens Turn Everyday Life Into a Digital Archive. “For Lauren Riley and Merlyn Oliver, Brooklyn is not just the subject of their work. It is home, history and the foundation of their creative partnership. The duo are the founders of The Brooklyn Mavens, a digital platform that highlights local businesses, neighborhood culture and everyday Brooklynites […]