An Older Christmas Tree Tradition
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your branches green delight us. They’re green when summer days are bright: They’re green when winter snow is white. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas […]
Author Archives: Walk About New York
What is Black and White and on the Wall?
“Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is […]
Adam, His Fall and Rise
“And unto Adam He said, ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not […]
Rarely Performed, Worth Seeing: “Allegro”
“Sentiment has never been unpopular.” —Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) There is nothing sentimental about Allegro. It was first produced in 1947; and it was the third collaboration between Richard Rodgers […]
World War I Memorials, Part Two
“It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance.” […]
“On the Town” is a Boatload of Fun
“New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the Battery’s down. And the people ride in a hole in the ground. New York, New York, it’s […]
Facing Fragments: the Berlin Wall in NYC
“The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures; but it all started in the shipyards.” —Lech Walesa (1943– , former Polish prime minister) Mr. Walesa is referring to […]
Conservatory Garden: Awash with Autumnal Color
“A park is a work of art, designed to produce certain effects upon the mind of men. There should be nothing in it, absolutely nothing—not a foot of surface nor […]
The Gay Graves Tour: It’s in “Out”
“New Jersey is the poorest place in the world to give concerts, except Central Africa.” —Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869) Just in time for All Hallows Eve, Walk About New York’s […]
A Pumpkin Flotilla
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) For the second year, the Central […]
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