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This shop is in Earlham Street and from the enamel sign you can see it was a hardware shop for many many years, up until 2001 in fact. The shop was owned by a local character by the name of Fred Collins and his father before him, also named Fred. I believe his grandfather was also Fred, in fact there were I believe several generations of Freds. Anyway, this shop was typical of small independent shops that resisted the takeover by pornography that dominated the area in the 1980s.
One of those Victorian Freds was responsible for the ‘discovery’ of the elastic glue. Apparently he had the idea of mixing an adhesive that would stay flexible when set. The glue was prepared it in the basement of the shop in huge cast iron cauldrons and sold batches to fix saddles and problem horse shoes.
Sadly the shop appears to have run out of Freds in 2001, and despite the sign, it is no longer an ironmongers.
I added two kinds of elastic : a flat 1in elastic under the knee, and a thick elastic thread at the top of the ribbing
(built 2013, see tags for further known data). Op dit werk is een Creative Commons Licentie van toepassing.
www.elastic-city.org/walks/subjectivecontours
Once a bohemian center, the West Village has long lost itself to its own charm. And like Istanbul, the neighborhood adheres to no grid system. Subjective Contours aims to explore its present state, reveling in the neighborhood's unintentional geometry and flattening out its space via framing, drawing, and performing. Visual artists Hayal Pozanti (Turkey) and Todd Shalom (USA) will lead participants in reimagining plans for the neighborhood.
This walk holds 12 people and will be held in English, though Hayal also speaks Turkish. The walk has been commissioned for "Istanbul Week" by Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Istanbul Week, October 13–19
Interdisciplinary conversation to launch the newest node in the Studio-X Global Network, Studio-X Istanbul, Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi, No: 37 Salıpazarı, Beyoğlu, on November 8. Istanbul Week is co-organized by the Columbia Global Centers | Turkey.
Photo by Todd Shalom
Pillsbury Flour
This is an image selected from the pages of my new book, "Sets, Scenes and Stages in Exploration."
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3068051
Sets, Scenes and Stages in Exploration is a retrospective of the time I spent photographing my adventures in Urban Exploration.
Stories of will, triumph and companionship are paired with images of industry, show casing the most romantic corners of the city.
Read the preamble in book preview mode to learn more.