The Sloane House YMCA – Infernal Machine
The 1600 rooms of the Sloane House YMCA were located at 256 West 34th street just below Hell’s Kitchen near 9th ave in New York.
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TOP PEG – Underground Cable Show
TOP PEG was an underground cable access show that aired on the New York City’s Manhattan Neighborhood Network in the mid 90s. The subject matter of the shows varied from comedies and surreal experiments, to documentaries and music. The show was written and produced by Bob Turner, Melissa Edmond, Brian Dentz and John Culhane who
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Hidden Alignments Documentary – NYC Masonic Obelisks
This is a short documentary about the curious alignments of a few Masonic Obelisks in New York City. A transcript of the work in progress is below. Google Earth has since updated the geometry for Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park without the scaffolding. -XFP Here is the .kml file for the plumb line and the
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Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paulinus
This rough assembly of the Feast and the "La Festa dei Gigli" (the Feast of the Lilies) is from the early 1990s. The yearly ritual is performed in Willamsburg Brooklyn and has been observed by devotees in the area since 1903. The tower featured in the Dance of the Giglio is about 4 tons and
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Final Performance of the Pratt Steam Whistles
The final performance after 50 years of the Pratt Steam Whistles in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve 2015. The massive whistles are powered by a Victorian power plant which is at the beginning. The camera mic couldn’t handle the decibel level. The eerie quality of the whistles could be heard for miles across Brooklyn.
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