Comments on: Let There Be Fandom, Part 4: New Deal, New Worlds

By: Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:57:05 +0000

I love the reference to Floyd Bennett Field. My maternal grandfather took me there as a child, in the ’60s. I still have fond memories of the place.

Your column reminds us all that New York != Manhattan. Or, more exactly, not only Manhattan.

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:20:33 +0000

“Except during the 1969 Manned Lunar Landing, the world has stopped looking into the future.”

Enough to make one weep.

Jeff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:25:33 +0000

I disagree. We’ve always looked into the future, and we still look into the future, but with dread.

sm — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:31:04 +0000

Love this stuff.

But looking into the future: what about the Crystal Palace?

Mike Weasner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:07:03 +0000

“In a way that had never happened before in the history of the human race, the world was looking into the future.”

Except during the 1969 Manned Lunar Landing, the world has stopped looking into the future.