Brooklyn

Greenmarket Update: Summer scenes

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).  …

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Strictly for the Birds…

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….

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Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn, NY: Where Gumbo Was (#81)

As my fellow New Yorker Jonathan L recognized right away, Gumbo was at Erasmus Hall High School, the oldest public school in New York, and certainly one of the most beautiful.     The exterior seen in the puzzle picture, in “Collegiate…

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Manhattan from the Other Shore

Manhattan’s skyline is constantly, although the changes are not always instantly obvious, at least not so much as the change between the city’s days as a port where the ships lined the shore and the growth of huge buildings clustered together in their…

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Greenmarket Update: Summer scenes

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).  …

Read More

Manhattan from the Other Shore

Manhattan’s skyline is constantly, although the changes are not always instantly obvious, at least not so much as the change between the city’s days as a port where the ships lined the shore and the growth of huge buildings clustered together in their…

Read More