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NYC’S Christmas Windows, 2018

December 23, 2018by Walk About New York

“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” —Winston Churchill (1874–1965) Something spectacular happens in New York City’s department store windows at the end of the year. For […]

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Betrothed Dancers in Stained Glass

October 12, 2018by Walk About New York

“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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New York’s Easter Parade, 2018

April 2, 2018by Walk About New York

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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NYC’s Christmas Windows, 2017

December 14, 2017by Walk About New York

“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 […]

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New York’s Easter Parade, 2017

April 17, 2017by Walk About New York

In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade. I’ll be all in clover and when they look you over, […]

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The Fabulous Frick Collection

June 16, 2016by Walk About New York

“The announcement yesterday that Mr. Frick’s almost unrivalled art treasures were to pass to the city came as a surprise to all save a few of his intimate friends.” —from […]

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The First Presbyterian Church turns 300

May 12, 2016by Walk About New York 1 Comment

“The interior of the edifice presents a novel and yet a very agreeable and impressive aspect. It is of the perpendicular Gothic Style, without columns to sustain the long extending […]

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New York’s Easter Parade 2016

March 29, 2016by Walk About New York

In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it You’ll be the grandest fella in the Easter Parade I’ll be all in clover and when they look us over […]

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Stained Glass Windows of St. Patrick’s

March 17, 2016by Walk About New York 1 Comment

“The noblest temple ever raised in any land to the memory of Saint Patrick, and as the glory of Catholic America.” —Newspaper praise for St. Patrick’s Cathedral when it was […]

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The Vanishing Vanderbilts

July 7, 2015by Walk About New York

“The bits and pieces of history that chronicle the four-generation saga of the Vanderbilt Family are scattered everywhere like a broken string of pearls …” —from 1989’s Fortune’s Children by […]

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