The East Coast Memorial
“We meet at a moment of dedication. Inscribed upon these slabs of stone are the names of those who two decades or so ago gave their lives, and now sleep […]
Author Archives: Walk About New York
New York’s Easter Parade, 2019
On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us And you’ll find that you’re in the rotogravure Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet And of […]
Subway Art: “The Greenwich Village Murals”
“I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air […]
Tiffany Lamps for a Tiffany Birthday
“Beauty is what nature has lavished upon us as a supreme gift.” —Louis Comfort Tiffany (18.February.1848–1933) Happy birthday to Louis Comfort Tiffany! Today marks the 171st anniversary of his birth. […]
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 […]
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 […]
