A thousand words
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For an opinionated woman such as I, blogging is an excellent outlet. This is one of many fori that I use to bloviate. Enjoy! Comment on my commentary.
Nostalgic
This is one of many iconic New York buildings.
In lunch conversation, as one thing led to another, my memory while active and ecletic still seemed as full of holes as Swiss cheese.
I could start an anecdote, but crucial details required a session with Google.
Filling in Fred MacMurray‘s role in Double Indemnity didn’t jog enough of the story. The point of it had been to detail Akim Tamiroff as a window washer in a very different MacMurray film, Honeymoon in Bali. But I offer too much information.
The detour into the movies was one path over lunch. The other was a recollection from my C.V. which had long been forgotten but is ever so pertinent to this Walk with Me, Too blog.
Eons ago, I was on a junior board at the Municipal Art Society with offices in the Lotte Palace Hotel at the Villard Houses.
MAS is one of several preservationist advocacy groups in our city.
Brooklyn is everywhere
This is what I am talking about , Brooklyn is taking over the Upper East Side.
Out or about
Carl Schurz Park
It’s a public park that is also the gateway to the Mayor’s mansion.
Gracie Mansion was built by a rich merchant eons ago. Archibald Gracie did not hold onto his wealth. The property fell into the public domain as it were.
In 1942, after much repurposing of the house, Fiorello LaGuardia became the first mayor to take occupancy.
Word is that he did not come into his new home with a whole heart. On the other hand, it does my heart good to find myself anywhere in the vicinity of the mayoral residence and its pastoral surrounds.
By myself
Who do you spend the most time with?
I walk alone but always welcome your accompanying me.
Sometimes another’s point of view is very enlightening.
You can add life’s perspectives along the road of life.
Brooklyn UES
I am noticing the Brooklynization of my Upper East Side neighborhood.
Sweatshirts, jackets, even a truck representing the borough of Kings pop up all over the place.
Folks dressed in hoodies emblazoned with the borough’s name.
Someone just emerged from a building in a Brooklyn basketball t.
Queens never gets that kind of representation.
Tour guide
If you had to change your name, what would your new name be?
Is there a good reason that I would have to change my name? I really can’t imagine.
Modern/ist
The lines and textures of this new HQ (relatively) for the Brearley School are very pleasing.
The eye enjoys this facade because it is dynamic. At least, that is my take on this subject.
There are conscientious touches like a green sustainable rooftop where students participate in planting. This makes Brearley a LEED Gold teaching facility.
The building design is the work of KPBM Architects. It was completed in 2019 as an expansion meant to link the building at 610 East 83rd with the new structure at 590.
Chocolate
Describe your dream chocolate bar.
I’d walk a mile for some chocolate and only as far as the corner for others.
How far would you go? No hyperbole, now.
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