Prime Mover Monday - Power to the People

Tonight there are municipal elections in every City in the Canadian Province of Ontario. With that in mind, we decided to take a look at the quaint mechanical devices that have been used to give the good people of New York City access to their power from the 1940s into the 2008 elections. The machines were made obsolete by the "Help America Vote Act" (HAVA) and are slowly being replaced.

How to Vote in New York City

Last Hurrah For Old Voting Machines

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I heart New York

Earlier this year the City of New York released over 800,00 archival images via a municipal website. The website feels like something the department of sanitation would publish to announce what goes in the recycling bin. But the image archive...

Painters on Brooklyn Bridge, 1914
(media handout image)

BTW for those who are musically inclined it's a lovely piece of music. Almost a hymnal. It's especially beautiful in A#.

The perfect site to browse after your post-Nuit Blanche brunch - NYC Municipal Archives Gallery