George Washington: the Ultimate Veteran
“I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of […]
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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 […]
Flocking Together
“Look at a pigeon the same way that you would look at a rose, or a bed of wild flowers. They are beautiful and unique, with each one being different […]
Sidewalk Love
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.” —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) I am an ardent admirer of large-scale works […]
Autumn’s First Day
“A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.” […]
Walk About New York gets Quoted
“One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.” —Tom Wolfe (1931– , Author) Visit the Big Apple as if […]
Union Square as Art Gallery
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” —Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC) Four days per week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, […]
A Draftman’s Project on Union Square
“No! No! Valerie! Don’t do it!” —Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Warhol’s plea with his would-be assassin Valerie Solanas (1936–1988) I passed through Union Square soon after noon today. This busy cross […]
A Birthday Tribute to George Washington
“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.” —George Washington (1732-1799) This is Walk About New York’s […]
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