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Betrothed Dancers in Stained Glass

October 12, 2018by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“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 […]

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Architecture, Art, History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Things to See
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Celebrating New York’s Dutch Roots

August 30, 2018by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“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 […]

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Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Gustave Eiffel, French Gift, New York Harbor, Liberty, America, New York City,

Unusual Views of Miss Liberty

July 4, 2018by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“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 […]

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World War I, First World War, Flagstaff, Madison Square, Madison Square Park, Eternal Light Flagstaff, Sergeant York, Alvin York, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Argonne, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Carrère and Hastings

Eternal Light Flagstaff

May 28, 2018by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“God would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that Argonne battle. Only man would ever think of doing an awful thing like that.” —from “The […]

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Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, Basilica, Mott Street, Prince Street, Old St. Pat’s, Little Italy, Stained Glass, Stained Glass Windows

Stained Glass Windows at Old St. Pat’s

March 17, 2018by Walk About New York 3 Comments

“Should one Catholic come to harm, or should one Catholic business be molested, we shall turn this city into a second Moscow.” —from an 1835 letter Bishop John Hughes wrote […]

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Lafayette and Washington Shaking Hands

February 22, 2018by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“Resolved, Subject to the approval of the Art Commission, as provided in section 637 of the Charter of Greater New York, that the triangular plot east of Morningside Park and […]

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Marine Grill Murals, Fulton Street, Frederick Dana Marsh, Subway Art, Walk About New York, Friends of Terracotta, Terracotta, Mural, New York Harbor, New York City, William Street, Reginald Marsh

The Marine Grill Murals

January 12, 2018by Walk About New York Leave a comment

“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 […]

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