Showing posts with label typewriters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label typewriters. Show all posts

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Stories in the key of life: The Typewriter Project arrives in Tompkins Square Park



The new outhouse The Typewriter Project arrived this week in Tompkins Square Park …



Here's more about the project via the Poetry Society of New York:

The Typewriter Project is a series of site-specific literary installations which encourage users to go analog. These typewriter installations — wooden booths with a seat, desk, and typewriter inside — allow both professional writers and first time typists alike to join in a citywide lyrical exchange.

Each booth is outfitted with a seat, desk, typewriter, 100-foot scroll of paper, solar generator, hidden tablet, and a USB typewriter kit, which allows every written entry to be collected, stored, and posted online for users to read, share, and comment upon.

The Typewriter Project investigates the subconscious of the city by creating unique spaces designed for contemplation in which users can contribute to narrative of that particular location.

The Typewriter Project's first installation appeared on Governors Island last summer. Tompkins Square Park is the third installation, and will be around (God willing) until July 19. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 3-8 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday,noon-8 p.m.

And apparently it is a pooch-friendly booth…



Thank you to EVG Ronnie for the top two photos!

Friday, October 3, 2008

An appreciation: Gramercy Typewriter


Great piece in BusinessWeek on Gramercy Typewriter at 175 Fifth Ave., which was established in 1932.

Every business day, as he has done for the past 49 years, Paul Schweitzer, 69, travels the streets and skyscrapers of Manhattan making "house" calls, carrying his black leather tool bag by his side. Schweitzer, who insists on wearing a suit and tie while on his rounds, is one of the last of his kind: the typewriter repairman.


Here's a piece on the shop from NPR.

[BusinessWeek photo by Stacy Perman]