Favorite Photos of 2017
One of my hobbies is snapping photos as I take long walks around New York City. These are my favorites from 2017. Maybe I do get a kink in my…
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January 13, 2018
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Top Recommendations from 2017
From February 2017 until the end of the year, I sent 157 items to my Sunday Recommendations list. For recurring supporters, I recommended 31 more. The items in this post…
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January 6, 2018
Loeb Fountain (Alice in Wonderland), Central Park
The web page for the proposed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument states that the proposed sculpture will be the first figurative piece in Central Park to depict…
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January 3, 2018
Alice in Wonderland (Central Park)
The web page for the proposed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument states that the proposed sculpture will be the first figurative piece in Central Park to depict…
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December 27, 2017
Burnett Memorial Fountain, Central Park
The web page for the proposed Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument states that the proposed sculpture will be the first figurative piece in Central Park to depict…
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December 23, 2017
Guest Post: Francis Morrone, Fugitive Thoughts on the Great Statue Controversy
Introductory Note I posted my thoughts on the removal of sculptures back in September, as “Politics and Portrait Sculptures.” At around the same time Bill de Blasio formed the Mayoral Advisory…
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December 19, 2017
Capitalist Christmas 2017
My annual survey of amazing goods and decorations in Manhattan. You can't escape the Greeks (and why would you want to?) The windows you shouldn't miss are at Louis Vuitton…
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December 16, 2017
Guest Post: Zenos Frudakis and Quent Cordair On Public Sculptures
I posted my thoughts on the removal of sculptures back in September, as "Politics and Portrait Sculptures." At around the same time Bill de Blasio formed the Mayoral Advisory Commission on…
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December 15, 2017
Carving Out an Unlikely Writing Niche
Some of my greatest inspiration and encouragement has come from hearing how other writers carved out their niches — so here’s why I’ve been writing about outdoor sculptures in New York City…
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December 2, 2017
Wrought Iron in New York
One of the things I love about New York is the way protection, in the form of gates, window guards, fences, etc., has been made gorgeous. Here are some of…
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November 22, 2017