More Section Updates

I am pleased to announce another large update to the site. First of all, the “era” and “more” sections of the site have been renamed – they are now known as the “more” and “site” sections, respectively. Second, the costume page is now a sub-section of its own containing 4 pages including a basic costume overview, a male costume page, a female costume page, and a child costume page. You will notice that these pages are also fully referenced. In an effort to enable visitors to futher research anything from the site that interests them, references have now been added to the animals, places, and transport pages as well. I plan to add references to all pages of the site containing essays but time constraints prevent me from doing this immediately. In the way of updated pages, should also mention that the Caleb Carr page has been cleaned up a little. If you notice errors on any of the above pages, please let me know.

Finally, I am happy to inform everybody that the message board will be re-opening very soon! I have found a suitable script and am currently customising the board so that it will be ready for use. I expect to have it open in the next few days so please check back soon. :)

Board Removed

I am sad to say that I have had to remove the message board from this site. I am currently having problems with people hacking into 17thstreet.net so I have decided to temporarily remove any scripts that may potentially be insecure. It upsets me that it has had to come to this. If I find that the message board is missed, I will consider putting another one up – but only if I can locate a more secure script.

Anyway, as this unhappy entry caused me to replace an entry that contained more positive news, I will repeat some of its content below for those of you who may have missed it.

I found the following information written in 2007 from an unlikely source, Big Cat Rescue: “[Caleb Carr] let the cat out of the bag by telling us that there will be a cameo appearance by a feline in one of his upcoming books.” It isn’t clear whether the mentioned book is an Alienist book, but at least the news is positive that he is definitely working on another novel! (And, of course, it’s also great to see that Mr. Carr is active in supporting such a great rescue organisation.)

Updates at last!

I’m very pleased to be able to announce the first of my large updates to this site. This update has involved a complete re-organisation of the places sub-section; yes, it is a sub-section now rather than a single page. The first page of this sub-section contains information and maps of key book locations within Manhattan and Ballston Spa. The second page contains detailed information and descriptions of the homes and offices of the main characters, while the third page contains information detailing other key locations within the books. All of these pages contain a large amount of new content so please take some time to read through it all.

Next on my ‘to do’ list is to finish the characters section once and for all. Check back soon!

Still Around!

Just a quick update to say that I’m still around! Unfortunately, as much as I would like to be working on this site, my thesis is taking up most of my time at the moment so I won’t be able to make any substantial updates until November (though some small updates have been made to the places page and the map of Manhattan). Sorry for my inability to devote much of my time to 17th Street at the moment but I hope that you’ll keep checking back. I do have some new pages planned for the site which I hope to implement once my ‘real life’ settles down.