Michele Bogart
@urbaninsideout.bsky.social
xProf: art history, advertising, things NYC. Swimmer, civic cultural advocacy; statue, parks, and advert buff. Author Sculpture in Gotham (Reaktion Books, 2018).
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Vital City | No City for Old Monuments?
What our ultra-progressive mayor should do about contentious statues
www.vitalcitynyc.org
My recommendations to #mayor elect #Mamdani for how to bolster #NewYorkCity image. #monuments #publicart #parks #Urbanism+ www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/no-...
My comment on #ZacharySmall @NYTimes article about efforts, in #SanFrancisco, to help #artists stay put. #Urbanism+
February 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
My comment on #ZacharySmall @NYTimes article about efforts, in #SanFrancisco, to help #artists stay put. #Urbanism+
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The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
Reposted by Michele Bogart
Read more here from @davecolon.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/13/d...
DE-ADAMSIZATION: Mamdani Restores Multiple Street Redesigns Killed By Eric Adams - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is reviving four projects that bit the dust — often at the behest of powerful business interests — under Eric Adams.
nyc.streetsblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Read more here from @davecolon.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/13/d...
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Republicans are about to shut down FEMA, the Coast Guard and TSA in a few hours.
Instead of getting ICE under control this guy is having another meltdown online.
We will never let you steal the midterm election.
Instead of getting ICE under control this guy is having another meltdown online.
We will never let you steal the midterm election.
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Republicans are about to shut down FEMA, the Coast Guard and TSA in a few hours.
Instead of getting ICE under control this guy is having another meltdown online.
We will never let you steal the midterm election.
Instead of getting ICE under control this guy is having another meltdown online.
We will never let you steal the midterm election.
It’s not all negative either. Speakers present cool and constructive ideas for adaptive reuse.
Great webinar on the challenges of and possibilities for saving #NewDeal #WilburJCohen building and its important and irreplaceable art. Compelling and helpful commentary by the players on the front lines of this effort. You’ll learn a lot. youtu.be/GSFZzLIGgaM?...
Preservation in Action: Saving the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
YouTube video by The Living New Deal
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 AM
It’s not all negative either. Speakers present cool and constructive ideas for adaptive reuse.
Please do sign/repost the petition to save the Wilbur J. Cohen building in DC. Thanks! c.org/27WcGRYfZ2
#arthistory #architecture #preservation #Academicsky #murals #NewDeal
#arthistory #architecture #preservation #Academicsky #murals #NewDeal
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Please do sign/repost the petition to save the Wilbur J. Cohen building in DC. Thanks! c.org/27WcGRYfZ2
#arthistory #architecture #preservation #Academicsky #murals #NewDeal
#arthistory #architecture #preservation #Academicsky #murals #NewDeal
Great webinar on the challenges of and possibilities for saving #NewDeal #WilburJCohen building and its important and irreplaceable art. Compelling and helpful commentary by the players on the front lines of this effort. You’ll learn a lot. youtu.be/GSFZzLIGgaM?...
Preservation in Action: Saving the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
YouTube video by The Living New Deal
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Great webinar on the challenges of and possibilities for saving #NewDeal #WilburJCohen building and its important and irreplaceable art. Compelling and helpful commentary by the players on the front lines of this effort. You’ll learn a lot. youtu.be/GSFZzLIGgaM?...
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6 February 1778: after the American victory at Saratoga, France commits to Treaties of Alliance and of Amity & Commerce with the United States, which would in turn lead to the decisive victory at Yorktown. Treaty Room in former Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Navy, Foreign Ministry
![copy on display in the Treaty Room, Municipal Library of Versailles:
TRAITÉ
D'AMITIÉ ET DE COMMERCE,
CONCLU
ENTRE LE ROI
ET
LES ÉTATS-UNIS
DE
L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE
Le 6 Février 1778.
vignette of crossed branches, oval seal with 3 fleurs-de-lys, flanked by olive branches and surmounted by a crown
[beneath: small library stamp in red]
A PARIS,
DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE
double line
M. DCCLCCVIII.
Treaty of Alliance with France (1778) | National Archives
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-alliance-with-france
Introduction - Treaty of Alliance with France: Primary Documents in American History - Research Guides at Library of Congress
https://guides.loc.gov/treaty-of-alliance-with-france
The Avalon Project : Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between The United States and France; February 6, 1778
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fr1788-1.asp](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:atqha7cmdeptuv7wjgwlvdbn/bafkreibsmo7uuouvy3rxy27xc6pv3df5wj7zit5jvea5wwp6pvcvoykrnq@jpeg)
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
6 February 1778: after the American victory at Saratoga, France commits to Treaties of Alliance and of Amity & Commerce with the United States, which would in turn lead to the decisive victory at Yorktown. Treaty Room in former Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Navy, Foreign Ministry
Reposted by Michele Bogart
2 maps, by Rigobert Bonne, of the new United States in 1780 on the eve of the decisive American victory made possible by the alliance with France concluded on 6 February 1778
from a 1780 edition of Abbé Raynal's great anticolonial History of the Two Indies
from a 1780 edition of Abbé Raynal's great anticolonial History of the Two Indies
February 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
2 maps, by Rigobert Bonne, of the new United States in 1780 on the eve of the decisive American victory made possible by the alliance with France concluded on 6 February 1778
from a 1780 edition of Abbé Raynal's great anticolonial History of the Two Indies
from a 1780 edition of Abbé Raynal's great anticolonial History of the Two Indies
Reposted by Michele Bogart
www.cfr.org/articles...
Trump’s repeated criticisms of U.S. allies tap into a longstanding vein of doubt....
If the thirteen colonies had not signed the Treaty of Alliance w France on February 6, 1778, the American Revolution might have failed, & United States might not exist
How a Treaty With France Helped Secure American Independence | Council on Foreign Relations
The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful effort to overthrow British rule.
www.cfr.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
www.cfr.org/articles...
Trump’s repeated criticisms of U.S. allies tap into a longstanding vein of doubt....
If the thirteen colonies had not signed the Treaty of Alliance w France on February 6, 1778, the American Revolution might have failed, & United States might not exist
#Renoir #drawings, a fascinating, refreshingly not-blockbuster-scale exhibition @MorganLibrary open only through February 8. Also great focus room on Caravaggio Boy with Fruit on loan from Borghese Gallery. Worth braving arctic cold for. #arthistory
February 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
#Renoir #drawings, a fascinating, refreshingly not-blockbuster-scale exhibition @MorganLibrary open only through February 8. Also great focus room on Caravaggio Boy with Fruit on loan from Borghese Gallery. Worth braving arctic cold for. #arthistory
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Nauseating and childish.
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics share.google/tQywuLLJNoI3...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics share.google/tQywuLLJNoI3...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Nauseating and childish.
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics share.google/tQywuLLJNoI3...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics share.google/tQywuLLJNoI3...
A leading journalist on #architecture explains in detail why the Trump East Wing designs are so bad, and the implications, from a #design, political, and social historical point of view. #WhiteHouse exphttps://james560.substack.com/p/trumps-slapped-together-seat-of-empire?utm_medium=emailh
Trump's Slapped Together Seat of Empire
The White House Ballroom project seeks to create "facts on the ground" as a physical and irreversible manifestation of the power Trump thinks he wields.
james560.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A leading journalist on #architecture explains in detail why the Trump East Wing designs are so bad, and the implications, from a #design, political, and social historical point of view. #WhiteHouse exphttps://james560.substack.com/p/trumps-slapped-together-seat-of-empire?utm_medium=emailh
James Russell on “the ballroom.” He always has terrific analysis and insights. #architecture open.substack.com/pub/james560...
Trump's Slapped Together Seat of Empire
The White House Ballroom project seeks to create "facts on the ground" as a physical and irreversible manifestation of the power Trump thinks he wields.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
James Russell on “the ballroom.” He always has terrific analysis and insights. #architecture open.substack.com/pub/james560...
📚 Book Talk: Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill
🎤 Author: Davida Siwisa James
🎙 Moderator: Jane Tillman Irving
📍 Location: Virtual
📅 Date: January 28, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
🎟 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Urbanism+ #Harlem #architecture #NewYorkCity #preservation
🎤 Author: Davida Siwisa James
🎙 Moderator: Jane Tillman Irving
📍 Location: Virtual
📅 Date: January 28, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
🎟 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Urbanism+ #Harlem #architecture #NewYorkCity #preservation
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Author Talk with Davida Siwisa James. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Save Harlem Now! and the Preservation League of NYS to hear from author Davida Siwisa James about her book Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton's Old Harlem Neighborhood Through th...
us02web.zoom.us
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
📚 Book Talk: Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill
🎤 Author: Davida Siwisa James
🎙 Moderator: Jane Tillman Irving
📍 Location: Virtual
📅 Date: January 28, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
🎟 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Urbanism+ #Harlem #architecture #NewYorkCity #preservation
🎤 Author: Davida Siwisa James
🎙 Moderator: Jane Tillman Irving
📍 Location: Virtual
📅 Date: January 28, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
🎟 Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#Urbanism+ #Harlem #architecture #NewYorkCity #preservation
Reposted by Michele Bogart
It is long overdue for House GOP to put an end to this madness and defend our country from the unlawfulness of this administration.
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
It is long overdue for House GOP to put an end to this madness and defend our country from the unlawfulness of this administration.
Reposted by Michele Bogart
In my post yesterday, I wrote, "The narrative of a religious revival in the U.K. appears to be receiving much more attention than data and commentary challenging this narrative."
Here's a just published example: www.christiantoday.com/news/2025-wa...
Here's a just published example: www.christiantoday.com/news/2025-wa...
January 24, 2026 at 5:12 AM
In my post yesterday, I wrote, "The narrative of a religious revival in the U.K. appears to be receiving much more attention than data and commentary challenging this narrative."
Here's a just published example: www.christiantoday.com/news/2025-wa...
Here's a just published example: www.christiantoday.com/news/2025-wa...
TONIGHT! OPENING RECEPTION: CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF #EBONY 6-8pm at The Arsenal, 830 Fifth Ave. at 64th Street. Photo exhibit up through March 13. #Photography #blackhistory
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
TONIGHT! OPENING RECEPTION: CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF #EBONY 6-8pm at The Arsenal, 830 Fifth Ave. at 64th Street. Photo exhibit up through March 13. #Photography #blackhistory
Reposted by Michele Bogart
Museums & galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations
www.theartnewspaper....
Along with famous institutions such as the Walker or Minneapolis Institute of Art, #Minnesota Center for #Book Arts https://mnbookarts.org/
www.theartnewspaper....
Along with famous institutions such as the Walker or Minneapolis Institute of Art, #Minnesota Center for #Book Arts https://mnbookarts.org/
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Museums & galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations
www.theartnewspaper....
Along with famous institutions such as the Walker or Minneapolis Institute of Art, #Minnesota Center for #Book Arts https://mnbookarts.org/
www.theartnewspaper....
Along with famous institutions such as the Walker or Minneapolis Institute of Art, #Minnesota Center for #Book Arts https://mnbookarts.org/
If in Midtown before January 23, this and the other shows of #Americana, including Jimmy and Roslyn Carter collection at #Christies not to be missed!!! #painting #auction
January 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
If in Midtown before January 23, this and the other shows of #Americana, including Jimmy and Roslyn Carter collection at #Christies not to be missed!!! #painting #auction
www.nypl.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Informative video on how AI data center demand is creating a huge shortage of RAM, as well as SSDs and other storage devices. The only saving grace is that it may result in more older computers, or their components, being used longer, rather than being trashed.
2026 RAM & Storage Prices
YouTube video by ExplainingComputers
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Informative video on how AI data center demand is creating a huge shortage of RAM, as well as SSDs and other storage devices. The only saving grace is that it may result in more older computers, or their components, being used longer, rather than being trashed.
Can You Insure a National Treasure? Bayeux Tapestry Loan Sparks $1.1 Billion Debate
news.artnet.com/art-...
Speaking of traveling artefacts & cultural property, ICYMI (spoiler: #Nazis )
Newly Rediscovered Fragment of Epic Bayeux Tapestry Goes on Display
news.artnet.com/art-...
news.artnet.com/art-...
Speaking of traveling artefacts & cultural property, ICYMI (spoiler: #Nazis )
Newly Rediscovered Fragment of Epic Bayeux Tapestry Goes on Display
news.artnet.com/art-...
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 AM