Manhattan Monochrome
December 19, 2015
This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
A travelers wanders at home, trying to view his neighborhood as he views others, and wondering how others see his.
In the middle of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn sits this wonderful house. It is fanciful and fun, and sits on a whole block of city land.
Phragmites—the common reed—grows everywhere there’s water, and so successfully that in many places, including the lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, it’s considered an invasive plant…but
Back for a day from our flying time, on the way home from Europe, we spotted this young bird on our Brooklyn stoop, preparing to
Here’s a car that hasn’t gotten much respect. And that goes beyond its current “ready for restoration” condition; even when it was new it drew a lot of snorts and mockery. Laurence Jones of Curbside Classics…
Paraders pass the Brooklyn Museum Photo: Fordmadoxfraud / Wikimedia Brooklyn’s annual Labor Day West Indian parade is New York’s biggest parade, and possibly the largest single Carnival celebration in…
In April, when we visited Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket , the focus was split between the vestiges of winter (root vegetables, cider, meats and cheeses) and the harbingers of spring (bedding plants, flowers, and hothouse tomatoes). …
I’m sure there must be some place without birds, but I haven’t been there. And everywhere I have been, the birds have caught my attention….
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a pint-size treasure that always seems bigger than it is (and which occupies an outsize place in botanical research) was
This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
A travelers wanders at home, trying to view his neighborhood as he views others, and wondering how others see his.
In the middle of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn sits this wonderful house. It is fanciful and fun, and sits on a
Phragmites—the common reed—grows everywhere there’s water, and so successfully that in many places, including the lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park,
Back for a day from our flying time, on the way home from Europe, we spotted this young bird on
Here’s a car that hasn’t gotten much respect. And that goes beyond its current “ready for restoration” condition; even when it was new it drew a lot of snorts and mockery. Laurence Jones of Curbside Classics…
Paraders pass the Brooklyn Museum Photo: Fordmadoxfraud / Wikimedia Brooklyn’s annual Labor Day West Indian parade is New York’s biggest parade, and possibly the largest single Carnival celebration in…
In April, when we visited Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket , the focus was split between the vestiges of winter (root vegetables, cider, meats and cheeses) and the harbingers of spring (bedding plants, flowers, and hothouse tomatoes). …
I’m sure there must be some place without birds, but I haven’t been there. And everywhere I have been, the birds have caught my attention….
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a pint-size treasure that always seems bigger than it is (and which occupies an outsize