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What is Haberman?
- merlincorey 7y agoTranscription error in the 1980s from a map from the 1960s leads to incorrect "populated place" being given to a "location" that was a factory with a train station. Good 'ole Garbage In, Garbage Out at work.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y agoI think this public-data sleuthing article is a piece of beauty, and I'm somewhat willing to accept the occasional transcription errors if this is the result.
- romaaeterna 7y agoI clicked expecting an article about the Cordwainer Smith story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanners_Live_in_Vain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanners_Live_in_Vain
- Fins 7y agoSo did I! I was half-expecting that HN would have greater appreciation of CS' writings than the general population...
- mynegation 7y agoor could it be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street ?
- slim 7y agobut who is Haberman? and why has a train station been named after him/her
- dzdt 7y agoHis 1927 obituary is here: https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201927%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520%25201927%2520-%25205974.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D54cf6504%26DocId%3D2702860%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3Da%2B23%2Bc7%2Bca%2Bd2%2Bf7%2B2a0%2B3fe%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201927%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520%25201927%2520-%25205974.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D54cf6504%26DocId%3D2702860%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520I%252dE%252dV%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3Da%2B23%2Bc7%2Bca%2Bd2%2Bf7%2B2a0%2B3fe%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altU...
- cmroanirgo 7y agoPrevious post (15 days): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20624568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20624568
- Quipunotch104 7y agoReactivate the damn Lower Montauk!
- Piskvorrr 7y agoThese location names seem to be sourced from anywhere at all, without regard for verification. Around here, sometimes this surfaces ancient neighborhoods which haven't existed for a century, sometimes a marketing label which is referenced on the web a lot, and sometimes some non-Euclidean weirdness breaches the surface.