The Astroland Rocket of Coney Island finally found a new home. Former Astroland co-owner, Carol Hill Albert donated the super-awesome Rocket to the NYC Economic Development Corp. on behalf of the Coney Island History Project. We still don’t know where it will actually live though.
Photo by Peter Kleeman, Space Age Museum
Cool conference @ Columbia this Friday:
And check out this related project: Engendering the Archive.
Ok, so, this post isn’t Brooklyn-related, but this is an important document of our times:
Watch George H.W. Bush telling an infuriating joke about women:
I’m looking forward to having the space to discuss the ramifications of things like this at our forthcoming seminar Documenting Women’s Lives.
