Thursday, November 9, 2023 – DID YOU VOTE?

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9,  2023

ISSUE  #1121


EPHEMERAL NEW YORK

News

Isamu Noguchi

American. 1904 – 1988

Above 50 W 50th Street entrance of 30 Rockefeller Plaza

Soaring above the entrance to 50 Rockefeller Plaza, this dynamic plaque symbolizes the business of the building’s former tenant, the Associated Press. One of the major Art Deco works in the Center, it depicts five journalists focused on getting a scoop. AP’s worldwide network is symbolized by diagonal radiating lines extending across the plaque. Intense angles and smooth planes create the fast-paced rhythm and energy of a newsroom. News is the first heroic-sized sculpture ever cast in stainless steel and the only time Noguchi employed stainless steel as an artistic medium.

I love walking around Rockefeller Center and see this vital thriving neighborhood,  Sometimes it is great to be a tourist in ones own city.

THANKS TO OUR POLL WORKERS

Our edition today is brief since we spent many, many hours at PS 217 yesterday working our pollsite.

Thanks to our wonderful team, all went well and we served about 450 voters yesterday.  Last week we served 417 voters in the RIVAA Gallery for early voting.

All our staff yesterday live on the island and many have been poll workers for years.  Election day is always a day to reconnect with neighbors and friends.

We will be back in late March for the Presidential Primary….stay tuned for details. 

We need inspectors, interpreters, information clerks and line monitors for the Presidential election next year so apply today and be ready for 2024.
https://vote.nyc/page/poll-worker-positions

After closing, the paperwork begins.  Thanks team!!!!

THURSDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

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TUESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

The medical staff of Base Hospital 39
Mars-sur-Alliers, France  1918
More details next week

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