Ben Franklin in New York City
“It is appropriate that this statue should be erected in this center of our trade, in the very midst of our craft-work, instead of in Central Park; for Franklin’s life […]
Category Archives: Art
Gay Pride 2020
“…commemorate the Christopher Street Uprisings of last summer in which thousands of homosexuals went to the streets to demonstrate against centuries of abuse … from government hostility to employment and […]
Library Way: Walking with Literature
“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me […]
Explained: the Seal of the City of New York
“Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci” — this Latin phrase translates to Seal of the City of New York From school houses to library buildings to police shields, the Seal of the […]
About “The Last Knight”
“He who makes no memory of himself during his lifetime will have none after his death, and will be forgotten with the tolling of the final knell. Therefore, the money […]
World War I Memorials, Part Five
“Men and Women of Brooklyn Who Died In the World War MCMXIV – MCMXVIII They gave their lives for liberty And universal peace Honor, Duty, Country” —Inscriptions above the benches […]
“The New Yorker” and The Twin Towers
“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember […]
“Camp” at The Met
“Camp is a kind of love, love for human nature.” —Susan Sontag (1933–2004) The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has put together a special exhibition, entitled, “Camp, Notes on Fashion.” This […]
Lady Liberty’s Father
“Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbor; relieve the poor […]
The Bethesda Angel, Its Lesbian Connection
“All had expected something great, something of angelic power and beauty and when a feebly-pretty idealess thing of bronze was revealed the revulsion of feeling was painful. The figure resembles […]
