Apparently, Prague still has an extant network of underground pneumatic tubes criss-crossing the Vltava. This post is basically just an excuse to post goofy pneumatic tube imagery, such as this Brickenridge Pneumatic Pen: Still, I’d like to take a tour, perhaps as a birthday present. Unlikely, but less childish than the other birthday wish posted [...]

Anyone who has lived in SF’s Mission District knows the big, round brick armory building on 14th St. A few years ago, I had the chance to go inside thanks to a friend of mine who got access through volunteering for a movie shoot that was going on inside. We also found our way to [...]

When I was living in New York City in the mid-90s, I’d occasionally go dancing in clubs on the West Side of Manhattan.  One morning as I exited one such club in the dawn light, I noticed something strange: an abandoned elevated railway line, with rusted and ornate ironwork and little patches of grass and [...]