Lincoln at Cooper Union
“Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.” —the ending to Abraham Lincoln’s […]
Author Archives: Walk About New York
Harlem History Told in Subway Art
“I wanted to share those memories, to give the community—and others just passing through—a glimpse of all the wonderful people who were part of Harlem. I wanted them to realize […]
The Marine Grill Murals
“I was impressed by the sight of brawny workmen swinging out on girders and riveting the lacy skeletons of the earliest skyscrapers on lower Manhattan.” —Frederick Dana Marsh (1872–1961) Artist […]
NYC’s Christmas Windows, 2017
“Without promotion, something terrible happens, nothing!” —Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum (1810–1891) Something does happen in the department store windows of New York City at year’s end. For decades the major […]
Evacuation Day, a New York Holiday
“Why the New Yorkers celebrate this evacuation day annually, I don’t know. Isn’t it as well to forget that an enemy once had possession of your city?” —the Portland [Maine] […]
Washington Square Memorial Flagstaff
In Honor / Of / All Those From / This District / Who Gave Their / Lives In The / World War / Presented By The / Washington Square / […]
Halloween in Greenwich Village, 2017
“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.” —Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) Homeowners bring the fright to Greenwich Village when they decorate their front steps, small front yards, […]
Tiffany’s Stained Glass “Autumn”
“God has given us our talents, not to copy the talents of others, but rather to use our brains and imagination in order to obtain the revelation of true beauty.” […]
Artifacts at the 9|11 Museum
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” —Virgil (70 B.C–19 B.C., ancient Roman poet) the quote the greets visitors to the 9|11 Museum September 11th 2001, known […]
“Atlas” at Rockefeller Center
“That great giant, Atlas, whose shoulders bear the circling sky.” —from “Metamorphoses,” A.D. 8, by Ovid Directly across Fifth Avenue from the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of […]
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