March 2012
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An elegy to NYC’s shady trenchcoat salesmen.
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Once upon a time, in a New York City not so dissimilar to this one, there was a special breed of shady character.
He wore a trenchcoat, and it was lined with everything from counterfeit watches to cigarettes without tax stamps. Whenever he wanted to open up shop, he just flashed the…
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Phillipe Petit
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On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit stepped out onto a tightrope stretched out between the New York’s Twin Towers, over 1,000 feet in the air. He spent the next hour performing high above the city, before being placed under arrest by the NYPD. Philip Petit is one of today’s presenters at the 2012 TED Conference.
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Batman Costume Dude →
jackspadeny:
If you like to read, you almost certainly have one of Chip Kidd’s covers on your shelf. He is one of the most successful book jacket designers of all time, and is speaking at today’s TED Conference. Chip Kidd is also totally obsessed with Batman, and has been since he was a kid. To…