There’s Nothing Like “Dames”
“Just think, Ruby. Just this morning you were on a bus with nothing but a pair of tap shoes in your suitcase and a prayer in your heart. And now […]
Category Archives: Ephemeral New York
A Discovery Worthy of Columbus
“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.” —Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) Five hundred and twenty years after Columbus set sail a new discovery awaited lucky New Yorkers […]
Masking New York
“In this piece I wanted to bring the activity and the feel of the studio into public space as an experience. The public gets to ‘see’ the work both from […]
I Love NY’s ‘Paris’
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man Who could ask for anything more? I’ve got daisies in green pastures I’ve got my man Who could ask for […]
Chalk It Up to a Good Cause
“Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate […]
Showing-Off at Green-Wood
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.” — A. E. Housman (1859-1936, English Scholar and Poet) Primarily found in Japan, the Kwanzan Cherry Tree […]
Magnolia Magnificence
Fragrant o’er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. —Maria Brooks (1795–1845, American poetess) At Green-Wood Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, the magnolia trees, with their […]
Orchids in the Garden
Just as I wonder whether it’s going to die, the orchid blossoms and I can’t explain why it moves my heart, why such pleasure comes from one small bud on […]
A Pilgrim’s Progress
“Mr. J. Q. A. Ward’s ideal figure of a New-Englander for Central Park.” —from the October 12, 1884 edition of the New York Times As is the case with many […]
New York’s Easter Parade 2015
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 […]
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