Month: March 2007
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Didn’t win the Truck contest!
Well, as I expected, I did not win the truck contest. Perhaps I should have gone with “The Magic of Recycling” I’m not really that disappointed– although it would have been very cool. They haven’t shown the photos or proposals of what was given, but when they do, I will follow up with either photographs…
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Great article about Park Hill in Today’s NY Times!
Opened my Internet connection today to find a big article on Yonkers/Park Hill in the NY Times! We live just down the hill from Park Hill, in the oft forgotten section of town. (mentioned in the article as “the poverty-ridden southwest section of Yonkers”) As the crow flies, it’s about a quarter mile. But as…
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The clocks they are a changin’
We spent the weekend at my mom’s house which was great and a lot of fun. Stephanie had never been to Newport before, so we gave her the driveby mansion tour. She was definitely oohing and aahing at all of the amazing architecture– and she hasn’t even seen the inside! We’ll definitely go back at…
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Little tiny holes in the house, and a very cold closet
The weather has been extremely cold, and that means that the house has been surprisingly cold. I go around the house, wearing my sweater, putting my hands around every opening in the house (doors and windows), and trying to figure out where needs to be caulked. I’m not very good with a caulk gun, but…
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Yonkers Mobile Art Galleries
The City of Yonkers’ Office of Economic Development sponsored a contest/competition to transform garbage trucks and recycling trucks into “mobile art galleries” Although I’m not an illustrator, I entered the contest with the concept of a “Recycling Circus” Truck. My idea is that the trucks should be brightly colored, fun to see, and generally cross-connect…