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Home→Published 2016 → June

Monthly Archives: June 2016

The 107th Infantry Memorial (Central Park)

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 10, 2018

The American Civil War pitted brother against brother and friend against friend. Yet memorials to those involved in it are far less grim than memorials for the First World War. Why is that? During the Civil War, over 600,000 men … Continue reading →

Posted in Sculpture | Tagged Central Park, New York City sculpture

General Charles Lee (Hamilton 22)

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteJune 23, 2018

Until I read Philbrick’s Valiant Ambition, I hadn’t realized how much dissent there was among American generals during the Revolutionary War. The fact that they managed to cooperate long enough to defeat the British is astonishing. But in an odd way, their disagreements give … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music, Painting, Sculpture | Tagged Hamilton, Portraits

New York Stock Exchange: 224 Years and Counting

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 10, 2018

On May 17, 1792, outside 68 Wall Street, twenty-four stockbrokers signed an document that established the New York Stock & Exchange Board. Since a buttonwood tree stood outside the building, the document is nicknamed “The Buttonwood Agreement.” And here it is: … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Nonfiction, Sculpture | Tagged Financial history, New York City sculpture

Young Philip (Hamilton 21)

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteJune 23, 2018

I’d meant to write on the Battle of Monmouth this week, but I’m skipping ahead a bit, to the song after “Yorktown,” because it’s a perfect Father’s Day song. Not bad for mothers, either. Have a listen. Dead people don’t have charisma, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Hamilton, Portraits

The consumer isn’t a moron; she’s your wife (Great Quotes on Advertising, 5)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 10, 2018

On headlines The purpose of the headline is to pick out people you can interest… What you have will interest certain people only and for certain reasons. You care only for those people, so create a headline, which will hail … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonfiction | Tagged Advertising

Hamilton Asks for a Military Command (Hamilton 20)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteJune 23, 2018

Alexander and Eliza were married in December, 1780 (see last week’s post). A month earlier, with the prospect of a wife and family to support, Hamilton wrote to George Washington to remind him that he urgently wanted a military command. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Hamilton

Frishmuth’s The Vine (Metropolitan Museum Favorites, 11)

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteApril 10, 2018

My Innovators in Sculpture tour starts at Frishmuth’s The Vine, one of my favorite sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art – and a great example of how far sculptors had come since ca. 1,500 BC. The model for The Vine (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Sculpture | Tagged Metropolitan Museum of Art

Alexander and Eliza Engaged (Hamilton 19)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteJune 23, 2018

“Employ all your leisure in reading” By early July 1780, Alexander and Eliza had been engaged for several months. (For Alexander’s list of requirements for a wife, his letter to sister Peggy about Eliza, and Papa Schuyler’s permission to marry, see … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Music | Tagged Hamilton, Portraits

Tappan Zee Progress

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Dianne L. DuranteFebruary 20, 2018

I posted in April on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Here’s an update: pics from the end of May 2016, taken from the bridge rather than the viewing platform on the west side of the Hudson River – unfortunately, that … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Bridges
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