I recently visited the west side High Line for the first time. No one had really told me about it and I hadn’t even heard of it until I saw a feature talk by Robert Hammond on TED. Hammond and co-founder Joshua David advocated for turning the High Line, which was built in the 1930’sContinue reading “New York, Cont’d, and Real Books”
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New York City and Dylan Thomas
Housing Works Cafe…I somehow always run into this place every time I’m in New York, even though Crosby street in Soho isn’t exactly a street one would encounter easily. I’ve been here on rainy Sundays to take shelter. I’ve sat in the little cafe area with hot tea and a random book from the shelf,Continue reading “New York City and Dylan Thomas”
Wow, I seem to have blocked Manhattan out of my consciousness. I was planning a possible lesson on modes of transportation throughout the boroughs of New York City. I had listed all the boroughs I could think of: Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens…. Yes, then I wikipedia’ed it and felt really stupid.But I do reallyContinue reading
