Abdul Alhazred Appreciation Thread

[Nyarlathotep]

So I was reading up on a couple of locations in New York that are used a lot in movies and came across this little article, that I figured AA (as an aficionado of New York History) might appreciate.

5 Alleys and Small Streets in Chinatown Tell the Neighborhood’s Vibrant History

Then figured, heck with it, I'll make a whole thread. So post things that AA might like.

[Abdul Alhazred]

I didn't actually live in Chinatown, but I lived close enough that I went to high school there.

[robinson]

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/201 ... el-engine/

[Nyarlathotep]

I didn't actually live in Chinatown, but I lived close enough that I went to high school there.

I have never been to New York (unless you count one trip that I barely remember when I was 8 or 9) thus I have never been to New York's Chinatown. I have always been curious how similar/different it is to San Francisco's Chinatown, which I have visited many times.

[Witness]

Source & more neo-Impressionist stuff by Juan del Pozo: https://www.juandelpozo.net/nyc-paintings

[Witness]

Of course the unsurpassable grandaddy of all train paintings is Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway from 1844:



What a masterpiece!

[Abdul Alhazred]

Too bad about the flood damage.

[Witness]

This one is also high on my list:

[Witness]

Another one by Monet:

[Abdul Alhazred]

Much as I like the impressionists in a general way, when it comes railroad art I prefer the kind where I can appreciate the technical details of the equipment.

[robinson]

That's what she said

[sparks]

(appropriate Mom joke here)

[Witness]

I prefer the kind where I can appreciate the technical details of the equipment.

The inevitable jokes having been done: photography has largely taken car of that.







More pics & details: https://clickamericana.com/topics/trave ... rain-1910s

[Witness]

Pst, Abdul, just saw this:

Chicago police investigators confirm alligator in lagoon



CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police investigators have cracked the case: A 4-5 foot alligator is living in a lagoon at one of the city’s most popular parks.

Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says Tuesday that investigators went to Humboldt Park Lagoon on the city’s West Side and confirmed that the unusual resident is there as reported on social media.

Officials couldn’t say how the creature got there.

City officials say alligator traps are being placed around the lagoon in hopes the animal will swim into one and be safely removed.

Guglielmi says the animal was expected to be trapped “and relocated to a zoo for veterinary evaluation.”

Alligators favor warm weather climates such as Florida but have been known to survive temporarily in the cold through a process similar to hibernation.

https://www.apnews.com/86555ffa50ea4c36b59f710d32efa9e6

Are there elusive crawdads too?

[Anaxagoras]

Someone's former pet perhaps?

[asthmatic camel]

A selection of my boyhood model trains and a Mamod Steam Traction Engine, lovingly preserved with their original packaging by my sainted Mother since the 1970s and recently returned. All are still in full working order.

[ed]

Mmmmmmmmmm Steam Traction Engine.

I would like a video of it working. With you on the ground stoking it with little, eensy weensy tools.

Come on. Really. Make it work, so to speak.

eta "Hornby"?

[asthmatic camel]

You're on! I have a few things to do today, but if I can find some methylated spirit along the way I'll fire her up.

And Hornby Model Railways have been around forever and are still going strong. (Check out today's prices for a loco!) Mamod, too are still alive and kicking: they're not cheap, either.

[ed]

You're on! I have a few things to do today, but if I can find some methylated spirit along the way I'll fire her up.

And Hornby Model Railways have been around forever and are still going strong. (Check out today's prices for a loco!) Mamod, too are still alive and kicking: they're not cheap, either.

You need to get a little plastic person to fall in front of it and scream piteously.

Also show how the thing works. Thanks

[Abdul Alhazred]