Read this quote the other day: resonated…The fact that there’s a highway to hell and only a staircase to heaven, says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers. [unattributed]
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Mezzrow & Smalls – Newsletter and Schedule
Jazz in the Village is alive and well and the only way to spend time on music. This letter is from Mezzrow & Smalls on 10th Street. Is it great or what!! Dear Friends: “The Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene” – that’s the actual full title of the New York City branch that investigates …
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Pennsylvania Station at 31st Street
The link below is worth the time to paste it to your browser. It is tragic that such a beautiful building fell to greed and ignorance. It sat across from the main Post Office and mirrored the architecture of that building. The demolition was prior to the City having laws in place to prevent …
Is that Good or What!
Surprise
One day on the way home from the Apple store, I looked up and there on top of this building was this painted water tower. Delightful
Inventions Made in the City
Toilet paper in 1857 J C Gayetty – clean hemp rather than shreds of used newpaper Air propelled train – 1870 A E Beach- first subway Teddy Bear – 1902 – because Roosevelt would not shoot a bear, candy store owners Morris and Rose Michtom sewed and displayed a plush bear as “Teddy’s Bear in …
Rats
Are these Union displays the same in all US cities?
Could Not Resist
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Airborne
This post has nothing to the with the City, but with the city. Not everyday does a longtime friend start and finish building a plane in 19 months and fly it. And live to tell it. Congrats Rich. That is a lifetime accomplishment. What’s next?
A Perfect Day
Yesterday was one of those days that reminds me why I love living in the City. Took two hours to put myself together ‘casually’ for a national commercial audition. With a commercial, one is either the face or not; real simple. However, my haircut did match the story board exactly. When finished there, went to …