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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-29

Apr 29th, 2012
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Nostalgic New York: An Urban Adventure by Anne Cohen

Apr 25th, 2012
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© Anne Cohen

On a bright, crisp morning in February, Frank Jump is zooming around the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn, on a bright yellow Vespa, dodging death.

Jump has spent much of the last 15 years preserving what he can of a disappearing vestige of New York City’s past. He scours the city finding and photographing old advertisements, hand-painted decades ago on the sides of buildings, and now fading away.

It’s a race against time—a race he knows all too personally. Jump has been living with HIV since 1986. It was his diagnosis at the age of 26 that prompted him to spend $80,000 of available credit on things he had always wanted, including the Minolta  X-700 SLR camera that has been his constant companion on his long urban archaeological journey. “I was documenting things that never expected to live so long, and I had never expected to live so long,” he said. – Anne Cohen, Starring NY – CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE

Gloria Steinem on “Nostalgia”

“Nostalgia is a form of obstructionism.”

September 15, 2006 Friday
Bill Maher’s HBO Real Time

episode 82
Premiering September 15, 2006
Guests: Michael McKean, Clark Kent Ervin, Gloria Steinem, Pat Buchanan and Christiane Amanpour

Anne Cohen photographing the monument of the Friel Family burial plot © Frank H. Jump

Firma M. Frissen-Pieters – Bloemisterij – Boomkweekerij – Zaadhandel – Zaadteelderij – Wolfstraat 18 – Maastricht, NL

Apr 23rd, 2012
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© Frank H. Jump

Florist & Nursery © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Seed Trade & Garden Store © Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Twee Vensters – Two Windows – Maastrichter Heidenstraat – Mestreech, NL

Apr 22nd, 2012
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Or Twee Ramen - Corner of Heathen Street & Hondstraat (Dog Street) © Frank H. Jump

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22

Apr 22nd, 2012
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Bisschopmolen & Bakkerij – Maastricht Scratchiti – L. Kencen,1873

Apr 21st, 2012
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© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

WFUV Membership Drive – A Message from Julie Clark – Cityscape Producer – George Bodarky – Host

Apr 20th, 2012
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George Bodarky with Frank Jump's Fading Ads of NYC © Frank H. Jump

Hello,

We hope this message finds you well. Thank you so much for your past participation in and support of WFUV’s Cityscape. Coming up this weekend, Cityscape will be showcasing some of the most interesting characters and places featured on the show over the years, from a singing sanitation worker to the Hua Mei Bird Garden in Manhattan’s Chinatown. This “best of” edition of Cityscape is part of WFUV’s spring membership drive. If you appreciate our weekly exploration of the people, places and spirit of New York City, we invite you to show your support in the form of a financial contribution during the show on Saturday morning (4/21/12) between 7:30 to 8. You can come on board as a card-carrying member of WFUV with any amount. But, for a contribution of $50, we’ll thank you with a signed copy of Frank Jump’s Fading Ads of New York City. We are very thankful to Mr. Jump for his gracious contribution to our fund drive. He is a previous guest of Cityscape. You can check out that episode here.

You can make a contribution to Cityscape at any time between 7:30 and 8 am this Saturday by calling 1-877-938-8907 or on-line at www.wfuv.org. We would love to thank you on the air early in the show, so don’t hesitate to jump right in.

Thank you again! Have a great weekend.

Julie Clark
Cityscape Producer
WFUV — New York

Cityscape's George Bodarky @ WFUV © Frank H. Jump

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George Bodarky
News Director/Cityscape Host
WFUV — New York

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-15

Apr 15th, 2012
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Apr 8th, 2012
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H & T Newman / Anderson – Furniture & Hardware – Carpets & Matting – Eureka, CA

Apr 3rd, 2012
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Underneath H & T Newman's name, it says Anderson. © Vincenzo Aiosa

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