New York Workers
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) We celebrate Labor Day with our tribute to the […]
Tag Archives: New York
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 […]
Tiffany Lamps for a Tiffany Birthday
“Beauty is what nature has lavished upon us as a supreme gift.” —Louis Comfort Tiffany (18.February.1848–1933) Happy birthday to Louis Comfort Tiffany! Today marks the 171st anniversary of his birth. […]
Celebrating New York’s Dutch Roots
“In testimony of ancient and unbroken friendship this flagpole is presented to the city of New York by the Dutch people 1926” —an inscription on the Netherland Monument Although in 1664 […]
New York’s Easter Parade, 2017
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, […]
“Christopher Columbus” in Central Park
“I have seen two beautiful works of art rise in this city in honor of Columbus. One has been erected by the Italian residents of New York, and is the […]
The Fabulous Frick Collection
“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 […]
Central Park’s Seventh Regiment Memorial
The Veteran Corps “commemorated the memory of their comrades who fell in the Civil War with appropriate exercises… The monument was almost hidden from sight by wreaths and flowers, as […]
New York’s Easter Parade 2016
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 […]
Stained Glass Windows of St. Patrick’s
“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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