New York City, Random Thoughts and Things that Interest Me
Few people are allowed to go onto Hart Island , the quiet, narrow island in the Long Island Sound, a lonely place in sight of the bustling community of City Island. For over 150 years, Hart Island has been New York’s potter’s field, the burial site for over one million people — unclaimed bodies, stillborn […]
Posted on March 26, 2020 at 3:29 pm by West Sider Theo Dixon, ‘The Mayor of the Upper West Side’. By Charlie Lyons This is not the sixtieth birthday I had in mind. Maybe that’s not the worst thing. The pandemic is far worse. But one positive side-effect is we’re starting to be warmer to […]
While I am not an autograph seeker, I never turned down the opportunity if some celebrity was signing stuff. I have also received a few as gifts.
I am honored to have found one of the Commissioner’s original bolts in Central Park!
The article I read on Forgotten New York prompted me to take this video. You can find it here. via IFTTT
I was walking through the 34th Street / Herald Square subway station yesterday and walked by an area being renovated. The renovations had exposed a sign for Korvette’s embedded in the tile. It brought back fond memories of the Korvette’s my mother used to take us to in Paramus, NJ. Korvette’s was the place I […]
Yes, I heard the Dad say: “Let’s get over this idea of snapping turtles. You’re not getting them.”
New York City, Random Thoughts and Things that Interest Me
History of the Bloomingdale area on Manhattan's Upper West Side
"Only the Best"
I get by with a little help from my friends...
exploring New York City one adventure at a time
