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Kendra Gaylord

About Kendra Gaylord

Kendra Gaylord is the creator and producer of Someone Lived Here. Kendra is a digital strategist who has worked for media institutions like Boston Globe Media and Complex Magazine. Kendra also co-hosts a podcast called Two Degrees of Peri Gilpin with Ken Williams. Each week they discuss the latest in movies and television, while somehow connecting it back to Peri Gilpin, who played Roz from Frasier.

Someone Lived Here: Pollock-Krasner House, Long Island

August 26, 2019 by Kendra Gaylord Leave a Comment

pollock krasner houseIn this episode of the podcast Someone Lived Here, Kendra explores Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock’s home and studio on Long Island in Springs, NY. The two artists, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock created much of their most prominent work on this property.

While walking through the property and barn studio Gaylord explains their professional and personal relationship, and the physical legacy they have both left on the studio in the barn. Gaylord also uncovers more about Krasner and Pollock’s friendship with Ted Dragon and Alfonso Ossorio. [Read more…] about Someone Lived Here: Pollock-Krasner House, Long Island

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Long Island, Podcasts

Someone Lived Here: Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Staten Island

August 18, 2019 by Kendra Gaylord Leave a Comment

Sailors Snug HarborThis episode of the podcast Someone Lived Here explores Sailors’ Snug Harbor on Staten Island, for more than a century a charity operated retirement home for sailors.

It was established from the estate of Robert Richard Randall, a noted sea captain, on 160 acres on Staten Island. About 1,000 seafarers lived here at its peak.  [Read more…] about Someone Lived Here: Sailors’ Snug Harbor, Staten Island

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Architecture, Podcasts, Staten Island

Someone Lived Here: Lewis Latimer House in Queens

July 17, 2019 by Kendra Gaylord Leave a Comment

Lewis Latimer House MuseumIn this episode of Someone Lived Here, Kendra Gaylord visits to the Lewis Latimer House in Queens, NY. Lewis Latimer was an inventor and electrical pioneer who shaped the history of objects we still use every day. He was African American, the son of escaped slaves, and also an artist and poet. [Read more…] about Someone Lived Here: Lewis Latimer House in Queens

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Black History, Podcasts, Queens

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