Find it Erin Essex

Somewhat hidden in the Harold Square subway stop is a magical piece of musical interactive art. This podcast will tell the story of the urban musical instrument that is “Reach” and how it came to be. We also track down the artist, Christopher Janney, and ask questions about the evolution of this piece and other cities that the piece was displayed in.
Janney also goes on to explain his other work and even his experience with synesthesia and how that helps his work.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, in 1911, was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in US history. But what you may not realize is that this was one of the events that pushed states to start to require more safety measures in the workplace.

Listen as we tell the story of the fire and how it changed worker safety in subsequent years.

Then later, we talk about current garment workers and their conditions - and what you can do to help.

Part 2 of “Grossinger’s has everything” goes into the demise of not just the hotel but the Catskill area.

This episode is part of a 2 part series; please listen to episode 1 to get the back story and see the post for images of what Grossinger’s looked like.

On the find it website you can find my photos, followed by some from guest Marisa Scheinfeld (with permission) and then some from Harold. Below that you will find the image from a fellow urbex-er that was the image he sent me that made me so emotional.

Grossinger's was an enormous resort that provided fun year round activities for decades. Dancing, skiing, tennis, they had it all. In fact it was the resort that inspired the film Dirty Dancing. This podcast will dive into the story of Grossinger's and the people shaped by it.

A couple years back I posted a video about Grossinger’s resort in the Catskills, a once enormous 1200 acre vacation resort. I never visited the resort while it was open but I was struck by its beauty in its decay. I expected the video to get some views and comments but what I didnt expect is that It would get comments that inspired me to make a podcast. What I was struck by is the emotion and detail of these comments and I wanted to share them, but YouTube wasnt the right place for this, I needed a longer format.
Podcast…thats it!

So here we are, this is my first ever completed episode of the Find It podcast featuring those stories and more.

I welcome your comments and questions. You can comment below or email me at finditpodcast@gmail.com.