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 […]
Tag Archives: Fifth Avenue
Sculpted from Light
“You can see the light from down the street. It draws people inside and up the stairs, since the only way to understand it is through exploration.” — Chris Cooper, […]
Conservatory Garden: Awash with Autumnal Color
“A park is a work of art, designed to produce certain effects upon the mind of men. There should be nothing in it, absolutely nothing—not a foot of surface nor […]
Fifth Avenue Racing
“I enjoy Saturday night racing.” —Dale Earnhardt (1951–2001) What about Sunday night racing, Mr. Earnhardt? It was only last night that we spotted this three-wheeled Morgan along the Gold Coast […]
Doughboys in Bronze
“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.” — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933, British Foreign Secretary) […]
A Taste of Provençe in Greenwich Village
“If I couldn’t laugh, I’d rather die.” —Claudette Colbert (1903–1996) I like this quote that says so much about Claudette Colbert; but the Academy Award-winning actress has nothing to do […]
A New York City Hawk
“The bird hunting a locust is unaware of the hawk hunting him” —A Portuguese Proverb At the corner of Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, only six blocks north of its […]
Pride: Then and Now
“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” —Saint Augustine (AD 354–AD 430) Ever mindful that pride goeth before a fall; here […]
New York’s Easter Parade, 2014
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 […]
Ukraine and Gilded Age New York
“Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We’re the melting pot of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. The democracy […]
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