This is an amazing Historical map of Greenpoint, my beloved neighborhood, that should be intriguing to any locals. Can you believe we used to have 8 movies houses?? Definitely click on the image for larger, easier to read scale!

Photos from Bob Monaco’s Flickr page.  Check out the Arto Monaco Historical Society.

I found this cat postcard at the giant Brimfield antique market in MA. Normally I’m amused by anthropomorphic cat woman alone. However this card has more to offer. These catwomen (i especially am fond of the one with the purple “wig”) are shopping for what looks like sewing patterns (?) while they have their children tied to them with harnesses. A group of mice escape, harnesses are tangled, feline feet in high heels are tripped and wackiness ensues. But the true gem for me about this postcard is the combo of the front image and the note to aunt margaret on the back. Her niece writes to her to thank her for all she’s done and tell she about her new job at a restaurant, that serves all sorts of things she has never heard of like crab and shrimp. She tried the stuffed sole today. She didn’t like it.

1920. Found here

Found here. Disappearing from the Jersey shore in the 1960’s, Storyland Village is nearly forgotten. I did manage to find this gallery (a few images from which are below) and this man’s memories online about the seaside amusement park.

found this over at boing boing. I mean I don’t wanna start any contraversy, but shouldn’t they have been sponsored by “WinSTONE” Cigarettes instead? I also think it would have been more effective for the kids if Pebbles and Bam-Bam smoked more often, god knows Dino’s a boozehound anyway.