Short mailing today. Some Mondays are like holding your breath and diving into the chaos. Today is such a day.  —LJ

UNIQUE NEW YORK
The hidden entrance in the Astor Place subway station and the New York City Shakespeare riots of 1849
Peg Leg Pete and the Haunting of St. Mark’s Cathedral
The New York City Transit Authority Graphical Standards Manual, 1970

DESIGN
Library of Vintage Fruit Crate Labels
Graphic designer dad illustrates offspring’s daily sandwiches
BLANKA Posters

LITERATURE HELPS ME BREATHE
The United States of Literature
Kids who die, by Langston Hughes

Image credit: Langston Hughes, 1940, Carl Van Vecten
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