Aram Zucker-Scharff

“Washington Square Park, Madison Square Park, Bryant Park and other public spaces were once potter’s fields. Human remains have been unearthed in Washington Square over the years, and most likely linger in other city parks.”

– The Graves of Forgotten New Yorkers – NYTimes.com (via rubenfeld)

The Washington Post To Create WPNYC, a New York-Based Design and Development Office:

The Washington Post is building a NYC-based Tech/Design unit. Why? No apparent good reason. 

Speculation: Either they’re planning on expanding their Markets/Business (difficult) or NYC (near-impossible) coverage or they’re planning to roll out web- or mobile-based tools as stand-alone products (or a product line) and are finding the ‘start-up community’ insufficient in the DC area to support, staff and publicize such an endeavor.

There is an additional alternative, but one I think truly unlikely, that they simply can’t find the quantity and quality of tech/design staff they need in the DC Metro Area. By my knowledge, this is impossible. The people are all there, the only difference I can think of is that tech people get paid less in NYC than DC, and that’s why I’m maintaining this as a remote possibility. 

WaPo has been increasingly becoming a local paper and political focus-publication. There’s unlikely to be a space in the market or industry for it to turn that around. So what’s the reasoning behind this?

NOTE: They aren’t moving into a new office, apparently they still are in the Slate office, thus this makes a whole lot more sense. Via.

EDIT: I’d forgotten that Trove is not part of the Bezos owned WaPo.

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