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Self-elutriation: East River therapy

BY Author Erik Schurink | Posted on October 25, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Elutriate, Manhattan

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Inquiline: Who We Live With, Who Lives With Us

BY Author BryanReis814 | Posted on October 22, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Inquiline, Manhattan

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Pelagic: Boy at Water’s Edge

BY Author Lynne Sachs | Posted on October 12, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Pelagic

Boy at Water’s Edge

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Elutriate! Vaticinate!

BY Author Erik Schurink | Posted on October 12, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Bronx, Brooklyn, Elutriate, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Vaticinate

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Pelagic: Coney Island, NYC

BY Author newontology | Posted on October 8, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Pelagic

Pelagic: Relating to oceans or seas.

Footage courtesy of Prelinger Archives.

Created by Tristan Nash.

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Inquiline: Eat and then sleep at the Prospect Park Zoo

BY Author mja358 | Posted on October 7, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Inquiline

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Pelagic

BY Author Jillann | Posted on October 7, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Pelagic

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List of K words from kaaba to know-nothing

BY Author Lynne Sachs | Posted on October 5, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Kermis

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Pelagic: No stamp

BY Author Erik Schurink | Posted on October 5, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Pelagic, Places

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Umbel: View from below a carrot

BY Author Lynne Sachs | Posted on September 26, 2008 | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Umbel

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