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A weekly ritual is going to my local @nypl branch (either Tompkins or Epiphany) and pick up a book from the NYC History aisles. Just based on the cover and the jacket.
I picked this cos it looked so much like where I live!
And whoa! Really WHOA!
A personal plus history 🧵
I picked this cos it looked so much like where I live!
And whoa! Really WHOA!
A personal plus history 🧵
The reason the pic on the cover of Parkchester looks so much like my home #StuyTown is because Parkchester was the OG Stuy Town.
And not only is it a fascinating history tied into a lot of modern Americana, but also tied to the ongoing though fast deflating real estate bubble.
And not only is it a fascinating history tied into a lot of modern Americana, but also tied to the ongoing though fast deflating real estate bubble.
Take a trip with me to late 1930s USA.
MetLife as we know it now, or Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was the biggest financial institution in the country.
This was before social security or disability or unemployment insurance or any safety net.
MetLife filled the gap.
MetLife as we know it now, or Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was the biggest financial institution in the country.
This was before social security or disability or unemployment insurance or any safety net.
MetLife filled the gap.
Today's positivity postcard. Another of my special random #NYC strangers being kindred spirits experiences. Was sitting on in my building complex oval reading when I spot her stalking birds.
"Are you Anne Lazarus?" I ask her.
"Yes I am!" she says.
The legend herself! :)
"Are you Anne Lazarus?" I ask her.
"Yes I am!" she says.
The legend herself! :)
Anne, active in the Linnean Society, is a bit of a legend in #NYC birding circles. Especially in the #StuyTown area about which she is like a walking bird encyclopedia and sighting database. I asked if I could tag along. She said of course!
linnaeannewyork.org
linnaeannewyork.org
For the next half hour, we walked around the oval, saw a couple of field sparrows, a couple of thrushes, many juncos. Such a cool lady! Luckily I always have binoculars with me. Then she saw this other lady staring upwards and said let's see what she is seeing!
