Subway Art: “Perfect Strangers”
“I wanted them to be normal people. I know lots of normal people. I kept thinking: Who would make the perfect stranger?” —Vik Muniz (1961–present) talking about his subway artwork […]
Author Archives: Walk About New York
NYC’S Christmas Windows, 2018
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” —Winston Churchill (1874–1965) Something spectacular happens in New York City’s department store windows at the end of the year. For […]
World War I Memorials, Part Four
“My wish has been to send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, and to be the servant of a noble purpose . . . art is not a vague […]
Betrothed Dancers in Stained Glass
“Conspicuous for her fairness and strict sense of justice, Mrs. Bell was always alert to undertake gracious deeds in quiet ways, known to but few save those helped by her […]
An Ephemeral 9/11 Memorial
“It is not the policy of M.T.A. New York City Transit to erect memorials within the system. The posting of names on the walls at Union Square was not authorized […]
Celebrating New York’s Dutch Roots
“In testimony of ancient and unbroken friendship this flagpole is presented to the city of New York by the Dutch people 1926” —an inscription on the Netherland Monument Although in 1664 […]
Unusual Views of Miss Liberty
“The Lady with the Lamp, the Statue of Liberty, stands in New York Harbour. Her back is squarely turned on the USA. It’s no wonder, considering what she would have […]
