clocktowertenants.com: 6/22/14

Saturday, June 28, 2014

when beer was near

Great news!

The Bronx Brewery is finally settling in the Bronx.

You can read about their planned August opening here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-brewery-open-beer-garden-article-1.1814523

But did you know Mott Haven was once home to 20 breweries? All were brewing around the time of our ClockTower.

See the name up there on the yellow building right around the corner?

P.M. Ohmeis & Co.

Peter Omehis built 256-260 East 134th Street expressly for bottling beer.

This guy was awesome.

He had a restaurant down on Fulton Street where he served imported Clarets and Burgundies, Mosels, Rhines and Champagnes.

In the 1880’s!

Today he is an alcoholic’s rockstar.

His swag is all over eBAY.

"P.M. Ohmeis" embossed bottles are collectible.

So are his steins.

The Library of Congress catalogues his promotional materials from 1880-1923.

That’s him in the 1870‘s on the right,

at the table with Joseph Schlitz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schlitz

And to think all this was happening right around the corner at the turn of the last century.

Let’s hope the fellas opening in August last another hundred years!

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/07/i-feel-draft.html

http://clocktowertenants.com/2013/12/pabst-is-clocktower-contemporary.html

Friday, June 27, 2014

"A coalition of grassroots groups from across the political spectrum including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and GreenPeace joined forces this morning to fly an airship over the NSA's new data center in Bluffdale, Utah."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center

"The environmental group Greenpeace flew its custom emblazoned 135' long blimp over the data center carrying the message "NSA Illegal Spying Below" to protest the government's illegal mass surveillance program."

photos by Greenpeace

http://clocktowertenants.com/2012/04/and-you-think-im-full-of-hot-air.html

Wanna take a stand against spying?

https://standagainstspying.org/

eye in the sky

JackTeagle

In Greek mythology Panoptes had 100 eyes

but only half had to sleep at one time.

Back in 2012 South African police opened fire on striking platinum miners, killing 30 in a bloody industrial dispute.

reuters

The Police were surrounded by a crowd of 3000 armed with machetes and spears and so they shot their way out.

http://rt.com/news/south-africa-mine-violence-862/

Now South African police are taking to the air,

and American police departments are watching very closely.

NYPD has a long history of aerial recon from helicopters but unmanned drones appear to be next.

rt.com

Designed in CAD and named the Skunk Riot Control Copter, this third gen drone comes with four high capacity gun barrels capable of firing up to 4000 paintballs to put markings on the unruly.

Red paint marks a protestor with a weapon.

Blue will be used to mark thieves and vandals.

A targeted stream of pepper spray will neutralize even the most violent offender.

natgeo

“Blinding lasers” are standard equipment and loud speakers will satisfy constitutionally mandated first warnings before 80,000-volt taser darts are launched.

And all this for only $46,000!

You might be thinking this could never happen here, but compare that to a typical police chopper costing five million dollars apiece.

The Seattle Police Department just gave LAPD a gift of two $82,000 Draganflyer X6 drones, funded by grants from the Department of Homeland Security.

At a news conference at LAPD headquarters, Chief Charlie Beck said:

“We’re interested in those applications where unmanned drones could assist police forces in “standoffs, perimeters, suspects hiding and other tactical events.”