Tag: New York City
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Penn Station
Penn Station in New York had been cleared down to the business end. The grand edifice, grander some said than its uptown rival Grand Central Terminal, had been leveled. Actually, it was like something beautiful had been scraped off the earth, leaving the functional under bits. What was leveled was non functional, it was just…
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Summer Camps
One of the things about New York City, that many people probably don’t realize, is how many wild places there are. Tracts of land that house bird sanctuaries, giant sprawling wetlands and forested nature preserves. There is lots of ocean front as well, lined by beaches like Rockaway or Coney Island and little inlets and…
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Doon
Memories are more than just recalled thoughts that flow through our brains. The memories also evoke feelings, and can even excite the same senses. For instance, you can still smell the coffee brewing each morning in your grandparents kitchen. Something like that. In 1965, I was a seven year old city kid from Queens, NYC. …