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There is something so beautiful and surreal about truck stops
There is something so beautiful and surreal about truck stops,…
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The friendly people in the diner insisted I sign the wall
The friendly people in the diner insisted I sign the…
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Uh oh. I haven’t had to worry about these tires ever since the good folks Predator Trailer in Omaha replace the trailer suspension, axles, wheels, and tires
Uh oh. I haven’t had to worry about these tires…
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All the way across the country I am passing up Waffle House
All the way across the country I am passing up…
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The Back Rhodes Diner (aka Faye’s Diner), where all the old dudes hang out for their morning coffee and breakfast
The Back Rhodes Diner (aka Faye’s Diner), where all the…
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People often ask us where we stay while we’re on the road. Answer: wherever we damn well please. Truck stops, parking lots, flat areas alongside the road, wherever
People often ask us where we stay while we’re on…
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Going through the Appalachian Mountains in Delaware it is rainy AF
Going through the Appalachian Mountains in Delaware it is rainy…
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The shantyboat trailer started its life with me as part of the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet fleet
The shantyboat trailer started its life with me as part…
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This is a familiar scene going all the way back to 1999 my first year owning this trailer
This is a familiar scene going all the way back…
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Old friend Seanix and his brood put me up in a soft bed in their Colonial farm house for the night after a day of crazy
Old friend Seanix and his brood put me up in…
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Should I worry? By truckers now have app audio for this was “in 3.1 miles, enter tunnel and enter tunnel. Then enter tunnel and enter tunnel”
Should I worry? By truckers now have app audio for…
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Sweet fucking Jesus H Christ. Driving along the expressway into the Bronx across The Whitestone Bridge when suddenly truck and trailer go squirrley
Sweet fucking Jesus H Christ. Driving along the expressway into…
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Rafting up with the Captain D to say hey
Rafting up with the Captain D to say hey #Tugboat…
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College Point barge ruins
College Point barge ruins #nyc #beautifuldecay #collegepoint #nycboatride #flushingbay #Shantyboat…
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Prison barge across from Rikers Island
Prison barge across from Rikers Island #Shantyboat #firetotheprisons #carceralstate [codepeople-post-map]
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Looking back through Hell Gate. Not so hellish at slack tide with a favorable wind. Onward to Flushing Bay
Looking back through Hell Gate. Not so hellish at slack…
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Our time on the Hudson River and in New York City draws to a close
Our time on the Hudson River and in New York…
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Interview with David Sharps director of the Waterfront Museum on the Lehigh Valley No. 79, one of the last wooden railroad barges
Interview with David Sharps director of the Waterfront Museum on…
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The beautiful chaos of Katz’s Delicatessen
The beautiful chaos of Katz’s Delicatessen #nyc #eastvillage #lowereastside #manhattan…
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Manhattan exhibit packed up with the help of fellow Mariner Ron
Manhattan exhibit packed up with the help of fellow Mariner…
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Officer Martinez stopped me after I cross Williamsburg Bridge to remind me with the summons that in New York one cannot hold their cell phone
Officer Martinez stopped me after I cross Williamsburg Bridge to…
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When your houseboat is at low tide far below the top of the bulkhead and you need to bring up the heavy media kit
When your houseboat is at low tide far below the…
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Chicken Shit Bingo at the Bushwick City Farm
Chicken Shit Bingo at the Bushwick City Farm #bushwick #brooklyn…
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In case you were wondering if they were any traces of old Brooklyn still existing…
In case you were wondering if they were any traces…
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For years friends have been telling me “You’d fit in great in New York.”
For years friends have been telling me “You’d fit in…
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I hope I don’t ever become accustomed to New York City streets
I hope I don’t ever become accustomed to New York…
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Swale: a floating food forest, a project by @marymattingly that I wanted to see but accidentally ran into at Pier 4 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal
Swale: a floating food forest, a project by @marymattingly that…
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Considering that a combined sewage outflow can be triggered on Newtown Creek by 1/10 of an inch of rain, perhaps this isn’t the day for a swim in the creek
Considering that a combined sewage outflow can be triggered on…
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Marie Lorenz talks about her experience padding the entire 520 miles of the Erie Canal in 2016
Marie Lorenz talks about her experience padding the entire 520…
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Hard to get tired of this view
Hard to get tired of this view. #shantyboat #nyc #brooklyn…
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Aboard the Mary A Walen, Carolina and Robert show me around the incredible galley, the engine room and on deck
Aboard the Mary A Walen, Carolina and Robert show me…
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So excited to finally visit the Mary A Whalen but alas all the hands may have been swept out to sea
So excited to finally visit the Mary A Whalen but…
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T. Willis Elkins of the Newtown Creek Alliance takes water samples and measurements of temperature, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity in more than a half dozen places on Newtown Creek
T. Willis Elkins of the Newtown Creek Alliance takes water…
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Dutch Kills off of Newtown Creek on a sampling expedition with T. Willis Elkins
Dutch Kills off of Newtown Creek on a sampling expedition…
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The marina of broken dreams
The marina of broken dreams #docks #pilings #newtowncreek #brooklyn #nyc
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In the wilds of Brooklyn, in a land of artists’ studios and light industrial garages, the Schamonchi serves as a floating community center at the end of Newtown Creek
In the wilds of Brooklyn, in a land of artists’…
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The Claw.
The Claw.
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Passing tow Mister Jim on Newtown Creek
Passing tow Mister Jim on Newtown Creek #Shantyboat #tugboat #Barges…
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Like a lot of NYC waterways, Newtown Creek is cleaner than it has been in the last 150 years, but dirtier than it should be
Like a lot of NYC waterways, Newtown Creek is cleaner…
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The Thing in Greenpoint Brooklyn where literally millions of unsorted records await you
The Thing in Greenpoint Brooklyn where literally millions of unsorted…
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The Hess Triangle
The Hess Triangle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_triangle
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Josephine, Bella and Eric in the West Village who used to live in California and have traveled everywhere
Josephine, Bella and Eric in the West Village who used…
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Crif Dogs in the East Village where if you give the right password on the telephone in the booth, you slide into a hidden speakeasy
Crif Dogs in the East Village where if you give…
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Melvins Juice Box / Rum Bar – detox / retox
Melvins Juice Box / Rum Bar – detox / retox…
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Stefania is holding down the bar at The Library
Stefania is holding down the bar at The Library, a…
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Seeing all the sights
Seeing all the sights #soho #lowereastside #eastvillage #manhattan #nyc
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Entrance to the 1920s speakeasy the Back Room on the lower Eastside
Entrance to the 1920s speakeasy the Back Room on the…
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Taking a second look at the WhiteBox exhibition
Taking a second look at the WhiteBox exhibition #shantyboat #artshow…
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@gooddoghazel is gonna own this city
@gooddoghazel is gonna own this city #shantyboat #dogsofnewyork #cattledogsofnewyork
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Jackson’s Deli in Long Island City, Queens and the 7 Train
Jackson’s Deli in Long Island City, Queens and the 7…
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Talking to Jeanette in LIC, Queens about everything…
Talking to Jeanette in LIC, Queens about everything including colloquial…
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Want to check out the Secret History shantyboat? We will be showing it at the North Brooklyn Boat Club
Want to check out the Secret History shantyboat? We will…
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Join us tonight for a Secret History lecture and Q&A at the historic Sunview Luncheonette
Hey friends, come join us tonight July 29th for a…
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Shantyboat under the Pulaski Bridge. Empire State off the bow
Shantyboat under the Pulaski Bridge. Empire State off the bow.…
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Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn dive bar on the outside, dearly loved tavern inside
Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn dive bar on the…
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Benzy’s new 79 Leigh Valley tattoo
Benzy’s new 79 Leigh Valley tattoo #shantyboat #waterfrontmuseum #sailorcostume #anchorshirt
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Join us at the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn…
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Welcome to Brooklyn
Welcome to Brooklyn #secrethistory #underpassgasfire #artists
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Secret History exhibition at Waterfront Museum in Red Hook Brooklyn
Secret History exhibition at Waterfront Museum in Red Hook Brooklyn.…
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Geraniums on the stern of the Waterfront Museum barge
Geraniums on the stern of the Waterfront Museum barge #shantyboat…
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Playing with mini George Rhodes kinetic sculpture at the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Playing with mini George Rhodes kinetic sculpture at the Waterfront…
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Secret History opening last night in Manhattan: five years of photographs on silk organza forming a multilayer and nonlinear narrative of the stories of river people
Secret History opening last night in Manhattan: five years of…
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Shantyboat upon waking under the Pulaski Bridge
Shantyboat upon waking under the Pulaski Bridge #shantyboat #nblknd #nyc…
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Show prep
Show prep #shantyboat #ArtShow #NYC
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Hanging the show at WhiteBox. Five years of Secret History photographs, video, interviews, and artifacts
Hanging the show at WhiteBox. Five years of Secret History…
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OMFG New York
OMFG New York #shantyboat #toomuch #nyc
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Hazel asleep with her dolphin
Hazel asleep with her dolphin. #shantyboat @gooddoghazel #cattledogsofinstagram
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Yolonda traces the path of the Mississippi River for the Secret History exhibition at WhiteBox tomorrow
Yolonda traces the path of the Mississippi River for the…
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One of the weirder tasks I’ve done this week, rolling a 16 ft boat through the streets of Manhattan
One of the weirder tasks I’ve done this week, rolling…
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Living in NYC is a hairy business. Shipmate shearing
Living in NYC is a hairy business. Shipmate shearing. #diyhaircut…
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Talk about adaptive ingenuity among river people: North Brooklyn Boat Club
Talk about adaptive ingenuity among river people. At the North…
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Just sitting on our back deck drinking my morning coffee…
Just sitting on our back deck drinking my morning coffee…
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My first major NYC show featuring five years of secret…
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As we are enjoying a nightcap, a party boat comes up Newtown Creek with what appears to be a boatload of Hasidim dancing to a Klezmer band
As we are enjoying a nightcap, a party boat comes…
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Best welcome ever at the North Brooklyn Boat Club
Best welcome ever at the North Brooklyn Boat Club. Felt…
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An unprecidented view out the shantyboat backdoor
An unprecidented view out the shantyboat backdoor. #shantyboat #nyc #manhattan…
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Queensboro Bridge across Roosevelt Island with the little shantyboat on the East River heading toward Brooklyn
Queensboro Bridge across Roosevelt Island with the little shantyboat on…
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Will I ever get tired of New York cityscapes across the water? Not bloody likely
Will I ever get tired of New York cityscapes across…
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Benzy skippering on the East River
Benzy skippering on the East River #shantyboat #eastriver #nyc
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The city from the Harlem River
The city from the Harlem River #shantyboat #harlemriver #nyc
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Big sky over and big waves around Manhattan on the Harlem River. An inopportune wind blows north
Big sky over and big waves around Manhattan on the…
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Here what I know about the Bronx: Don DeLillo’s Underworld, Bronx accents, and this photo. We’re between Manhattan and the Bronx
Here what I know about the Bronx: Don DeLillo’s Underworld,…
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We enter the Harlem River!
We enter the Harlem River! #shantyboat #harlemriver #bronx
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We are going to be entering fucking New York City in a fucking Shantyboat. Pardon my language and my excitement
We are going to be entering fucking New York City…
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Re-launching under the George Washington Bridge on the Hudson river on a pretty choppy day
Re-launching under the George Washington Bridge on the Hudson river…
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Accidentally passed by the childhood home my favorite early 20th Century realist painters, Edward Hopper
Accidentally passed by the childhood home my favorite early 20th…
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Triptych: How to trailer a shanty boat in a strong crosswind on a homemade boat trailer
Triptych: How to trailer a shanty boat in a strong…
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This brick found by Ginny Norfleet in her yard turned out to be the cornerstone of what was the first African church in the county
This brick found by Ginny Norfleet in her yard turned…
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Docknic in a storm
Docknic in a storm. When you get tired of the…
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Weighing our options: take out now or keep going down the Hudson to New York?
Weighing our options: take out now or keep going down…
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Riverport Sailing School creating baby sailors.
Riverport Sailing School creating baby sailors. #shantyboat #babysailors #rondoutcreek #hudsonriver
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Maritime hitchhiking: Matt and Leanne offer us a ride in their fancy boat back to safety
Maritime hitchhiking: We took the johnboat down into town for…
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Haverstraw and Ossining are the widest point on the Hudson River. Because of the long reaches winds can whip up fierce waves. It is debatable whether we should even be out on a day like today
Haverstraw and Ossining are the widest point on the Hudson…
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The bricks that built New York City, made Haverstraw wealthy and nearly spelled its doom
The bricks that built New York City, made Haverstraw wealthy…
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In the Haverstraw brickyards African and Italian workers lived and worked side by side…
In the Haverstraw brickyards African and Italian workers lived and…
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“I am a proponent of highly walkable, human scale places in America.”
“I am a proponent of highly walkable, human scale places…
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The charming curator, staff and artists of WhiteBox came to visit the shantyboat in Haverstraw
The charming curator, staff and artists of WhiteBox came to…
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The first time our bilge pumps have ever needed to be used. Docked in Haverstraw, water was coming over our stern
The first time our bilge pumps have ever needed to…
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Rockin and rollin during our Haverstraw pop-up
Rockin and rollin during our Haverstraw pop-up. #shantyboat #roughweather
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“Uncle Susan is a Wolf.” We’ve seen this tag all over and found it in our ship’s log. Who is it?
“Uncle Susan is a Wolf.” We’ve seen this tag all…
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