{"id":137953,"date":"2019-02-25T19:07:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T02:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=137953"},"modified":"2019-02-25T19:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T02:07:50","slug":"where-do-they-get-those-wonderful-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/25\/where-do-they-get-those-wonderful-toys.html","title":{"rendered":"Where do they get those wonderful toys?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cool article about an e-waste recycling firm in Brooklyn that culls out classic tech items for use as props in TV shows and movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to passing older electronics on to new users, the Lower East Side Ecology Center also repurposes some of the rarer finds for a museum-like collection of over 2,000 vintage items. These include beepers, Royal typewriters, personal computers, CRT monitors, news cameras, vintage Macs, slots machines, and countless more items, all preserved in order to display the development of technology over the last eight decades.<\/p>\n

The collection also doubles as a prop library, where art directors and production designers can find the perfect pieces of technology for films and shows based in the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now I want to know if they give tours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cool article about an e-waste recycling firm in Brooklyn that culls out classic tech items for use as props in TV shows and movies. In addition to passing older electronics on to new users, the Lower East Side Ecology Center also repurposes some of the rarer finds for a museum-like collection of over 2,000 vintage … Continue reading “Where do they get those wonderful toys?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,108,41,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-tech","category-history","category-media-movies","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/old-tech.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/04\/its_not_the_bar.html","url_meta":{"origin":137953,"position":0},"title":"It’s not the Barbies that cost you — it’s the accessories","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 4-Jul-03 11:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"How about a bottle of 1985 Don Perignon? 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