Time's Up Records
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Abstract
Time's Up is a New York City environmentalist organization whose principal activity is the promotion of bicycle riding and the rights of cyclists through its Critical Mass campaigns. This collection consists of photographs, ephemera, and clippings related to Time's Up environmental organizing in New York City. These documents include posters, pamphlets, zines, flyers, and events calendars created to promote Critical Mass demonstrations and other acts of protest, events and celebrations, and fundraisers for Time's Up. They also include several binders containing local articles related to bike safety, the construction of bike lanes, and cycling events.
Historical/Biographical Note
Time's Up is a New York City environmentalist organization whose principal activity is the promotion of bicycle riding and the rights of cyclists through its Critical Mass campaigns.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Materials are grouped according to the donations received by the library.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of materials created and collected by Time's Up in the course of their environmental activism. Materials includes posters, pamphlets, zines, flyers, and event calendars created to promote the organization's events and fundraisers, with particular emphasis on Critical Mass demonstrations and other acts of protest. The collection also includes several binders containing local articles related to bike safety, the construction of bike lanes, and cycling events.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by Time's Up was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Time's Up Records; TAM 522; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Dominic (Bill) Di Paola on behalf of Time's Up in 2009; additional materials were donated in 2010, 2011, and 2016 The accession numbers associated with this collection are 2009.094, 2010.005, 2010.079, 2011.007, and 2016.026.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were transferred into archival boxes and described on the collection-level No arrangement or other physical interventions have taken place. Inventories from the 2009, 2010, and 2011 donations were provided by the donor.
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2009 Donation
Scope and Content Note
1 Photographs: Several envelopes of photographs, about half of them have descriptions of events or campaigns on the back.
RTS 2nd action 4/11/1999 Garden action: 26
Cars out of Central and Prospect park: 11
Time's Up space at 49th Houston street: 14
Time's Up Community Garden Clean Up 5th street: 12
Mitsubishi destroys the rainforests: 4
Baby seals demonstration with Wetlands: 7
Bike Rides: 34
Critical Mass: 42
Memorial stenciling: 8
Still we speak – rallies / Speak outs for 1st amendment right to assemble: 25
Buy nothing day – Bryant Park: 8
May Day Guerilla garden
Big pictures of Reclaim The Street into Gardens avenue A. The first Reclaim The Streets in New York city in 1998, Astor Place and Broadway.
Time's Up bicycle repair workshops, one of Simon teaching at Time's Up's Brooklyn space, and two of Susan teaching women-only class in Time's Up's Manhattan Space.
2 Calendars: Monthly calendars including garden clean-ups, bicycle rides, educational workshops, bike rides. Helped create new riders, eventually had enough bike riders to put pressure on the city for safer, greener infrastructure.
1995: April to June; June to July
1997: May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
1998: April, May, June, July, August, September, October
1999: April, May, June, June, July, August, September, October
2000: April, May, June, July, August, September, October
2001: April, May, June, July, August, October,December
2002: January, February, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
2003: April, May, June, August, October, December
2004: April, May, June, July, August , September, October, December
2005: February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November December
2006: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2007: January, February, May, June, July, August, October, November, December,
2008: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2009: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
3 Lawsuits
Supreme Court New York State, plaintiffs; against Time's Up, defendants.
United States District Court, Rebecca BRAY, plaintiffs; against New-York City
Legal folders containing press releases, letter from the City of New York Police Department to Time's Up threatening to ticket or arrest bicyclists
New York Times article backed up with photographs from Time's Up of the police caught stealing bicycles. This incident then became the Bray case. Time's Up provided evidence that the city was harassing and taking people's bicycles to deter the growth of cycling during a crucial period.
4 Posters and flier set ups
Steal This Radio
The 2nd environmental bike tour of the South Bronx
Critical Mass Cheer by the Radical Cheerleaders
BBQ party at Umbrella House Saturday, June 27
NYC Guide Tour to War Profiteers
Earth Day Bike Action, Sunday, April 21
Bring the Park Back to Park Avenue
Memorial Poster
Green Apple Tour of the Lower East side
Cosmetics industry
Dumpster Map NYC
Bike Bloc set up
Electric vehicles set up
Earth day parade set up
Halloween ride poster, Friday, October 25
Holiday in Hell
Unseen video footage from last IMF and World Bank Protest in Washington, D.C.
Time's Up for Nuclear Weapons
Critical mass for more gardens set up set up
Halloween Critical Mass poster 2005
Time's Up Make a difference poster
Kill your car before it kills you poster
Halloween Critical Mass set up
Central Park Traffic calming ride set up
Moonlight ride set up
The Big One Mass Ride set up
"By The Year 2000 Pesticides Will Have Taken Over The World" poster
Bikes not Bombs poster, Saturday April 3rd
Time's Up to fix your ride for summer set up
This Bond's For You… Vote Yes poster
Musical Critical Mass Friday July 28 set up
Time's Up upcoming actions set up: Reclaim the streets, Critical Mass…
Critical Mass set up flier
Halloween Critical Mass set up
Green Apple Ride of the Lower East Side flier set up
Time's Up for Nuclear Weapons poster
Death Burn from ultraviolet radiation, Time's Up for CFC's and Ozone Destroying Chemicals
Earth Day Bike Action poster
Musical Critical Mass flier set up
AT&T The wrong choice. Make a difference poster
Still we speak poster
Everytime you shop you make choices that affect you environment poster
Musical Critical Mass poster
Corporate Death Burger
Ride on right on poster
AT&T the wrong choice poster
Punk Planting Part poster
Kid and Tree drawing
Flier set up, stencil project,
Reclaim the streets broadsheet
The New York Better Times
Join the roving garden party flier
5. Poster and Fliers - Originals
Critical Mass flier set up
Moonlight Ride flier set up
Bike action/ Critical Mass flier set up
Reclaim the Streets flier set up
Roving Garden Party flier + seeds
Ride to free the horses flier set up
A moment of silence flier
Holiday In Hell poster
10th anniversary New Years Eve Party
A moment of silence
Earth Day Bike action flier set up
Ride To Death flier set up
Memorial Ride flier set up
WANTED Donald Capoccia
AT&T The Wrong Choice poster
Critical Mass for More Gardens flier set up
Every Time You Shop You Make Choices That Affect Your Environment
BBQ party at Umbrella Garden flier set up
Hop for Hope! March for Esperanza Garden flier set up
Cosmetic Industry
Veloween flier set up
Still We Speak poster
The City Plans To Destroy Every Garden
Bikes Not Bombs flier set up
Bring the Park Back To Park Avenue poster
Puppet Making poster
Electric vehicles
Ride on Right on flier set up
Make A Difference poster
Stop James Bay flier set up
Reclaim the Streets flier set up
Critical Mass NYC Dead Rainforests
Solar Energy poster
6. Zines
Fly's Zine about Time's Up, 3 black and white, 3 color
CoIntelPro zine, 3
Sabrina Jones zine, 2
Time's Up brochures: 2 yellow early brochures in card stock
Colored brochures
Red brochures
Early drafts printed on white paper: 2
7. Stickers
Bicycling is not a crime: 2
Future Sea Level: 4
I parked in a bike lane: 2
My Oil Addiction Supports Mideast Terror: 2
Don't drive yourself to extinction: 2
Time's Up sticker: 2
I bike and I vote: 2
Steal This radio: 1
Reclaim The Streets/ Critical Mass: 3
8. Handmade patches
Love your lane patch
Time's Up patch
Make Bike Not Car
Shut down Indian Point
Future Sea Level
2010 Donation
Scope and Content Note
Photographs (30 envelopes of phots from various actions and events)
RTS 2nd Action 1999, Garden Action: 51
Esperanza: 4
Cars out of the Park: 28
The Caterpillar: 13
Thompkins Square Park Gathering Permit Protest: 13
Earth Day: 7
Brooklyn RTS, 2003: 7
Love Your Lane: 6
Tabling: 14
UN Non-Proliferation Protest and Demonstration at EPA Offices: 15
Fold Up Bike Demonstration and Ride: 7
Speak Out and Squat Defense: 26
Props and Puppet Making: 24
Community Gardens: 21
Halloween: 85
RTS 1st action, 1998: 42
RTS 4th action, 1999: 8
RTS 3rd action, 1999: 1
Government Spying: 2
Hungry March Band: 30
Parties/Social Events: 16
Car Bashing: 20
Moonlight Ride: 34
The Hub Station: 17
Clear Water Festival: 9
WTO Seattle: 10
Time's Up Trips: 20
Central Park/Strawberry Fields: 26
NYU Students Give Life to Abandoned Bikes: 2
Miscellaneous: 50
2011 Donation
Scope and Content Note
PART 1
POSTERS
Electrical power plant
Pesticides
Stop Pesticides! (2)
Every Time You Shop
Bring the Park Back to Park Ave.
Make A Difference - Beef consumption
Toxic Shock (2)
Holiday In Hell
Boycott EVENT FLYERS
Bikes Not Bombs
Time's Up Party at the Hub
Gardeners, Squatters and Community Activists
Halloween Ride
Time's Up! For Nuclear Weapons (2)
STICKERS
Don't Drive Yourself To Extinction (2)
Halloween Critical Mass
POSTCARDS
Reclaim The Streets
Reclaim The Streets (2)
Reclaim The Streets(2)
CRITICAL MASS
Halloween Ride
Musical Critical Mass
MISCELLANEOUS
Every Time You Shop Guide
Membership Drive Mock-up
Drawing - on bicycles
How One Small Accident Can Ruin Your Whole Day!
Light Wheels - Solar Power! (2)
The Spatial Deconcentration Report
CORRESPONDENCE
T-Shirt and Text
Mat = Web stuff
Memorial Ride Text
Reclaim the Streets
CONFERENCE PROGRAMS
Recycle-A-Bicycle's Youth Bike Summit
Klimaforum09 - Peoples' Climate Summit
PRINTED IMAGES
Morton Street Workshop
Critical Mass Halloween Ride
Reclaim The Streets - Broadway and Astor Place
Reclaim The Streets - Critical Mass
PHOTOGRAPHS
NOTE: Researchers must use gloves to view photographs
35mm Prints in Grey Envelope (62)
More Park Users Get Arrested
Reclaim The Streets Garden Action
Reclaim The Streets Preparation in Garden
Space next to 49 E. Houston St.
Reclaim The Streets Broadway and Astor Place
PART 2: NEGATIVES (35mm)
NOTE: Researchers must wear gloves to view negatives, and may only view one set (envelope) of negatives at a time.
Reclaim the Streets 1st Action (Color Slides 10)
Time's Up at WBAI (1 strip)
Winter Moonlight Ride (3+ strips)
Critical Mass (1 strip)
Fold Ups Bike Ride (2 strips)
Halloween Ride (2 strips)
Green Apple Tour (1 strip)
Graffiti Ride (2 strips)
Stop Clubbing Baby Seals (1 strip)
Free The Land Garden Action (1 strip)
Green Apple Map Ride (2 strips)
Clearwater Revival Festival (2 strips)
People's Environmental Bike Tour of the South Bronx (7+ strips)
Greenway Ride (2 strips)
Reclaim the Streets March (7 strips)
Reclaim the Streets Preparation in Garden (3 strips)
Reclaim the Streets 2nd Action (49 strips)
Making the Caterpillar (10+ strips)
Reclaim the Streets reconvenes in Bryant Park (1 strip)
Reclaim the Streets Brooklyn (1 strip)
Reclaim the Streets 3rd Action Wall Street (6+ strips)
Musical Critical Mass Theme Ride (1 strip)
Time's Up Trip to Utah (5 strips)
Time's Up in California (3+strips)
Bike Lift (2 strips)
Garden 6B Presentation (1+ strips)
Halloween Bike Ride (3 strips)
Thompkins Square Park Community Protest (1 strip)
Cardboard SUV Pinata Photo Shoot (2 strips)
Staten Island Ferry Critical Mass Ride (3+ strips)
Cars Out of the Park Ride (5 strips)
Frank Green Garden (4 strips)
Prop Making (1 strip)
Nuclear Free Protest (8 strips)
Squat Defense (7 strips)
Mars Community Garden (1 frame)
Pedestrian Memorial (1 strip)
Car Bashing Party (6+ strips)
Folding Bike Festival at the Hub (3 strips)
WTO Protest (4 strips)
Props/Umbrellas (1+ strips)
Halloween Bike Ride Central Park (9 strips)
2016 Donation, 1993-2012, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This donation consists of ten binders of clippings related to Time's Up activities in New York City.The binders are grouped by year, and contain articles from local New York City publications like the Village Voice, Time Out New York, and the New York Times about events and news related to environmental issues in the city. The bulk of the articles relate to bike safety, construction of bike lanes, Critical Mass demonstrations, and cycling events.
