New York
5 Spots for Spectacular Sunsets in NYC
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: See individual credits ** Looking for a place to see the New York City sunset without a horde of people surrounding you? Here are five places where you can find peace and quiet as the sun slips into its nighttime resting place. Louis Valentino Jr. Park & Pier, Red Hook, … Continue reading
Overlooked New York: Alwyn Court
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photo: Mandeep Flora ** “What had dried up and disappeared from the mind’s riverbed was the flow of attention…. The tiles Louis Palmer walked along on his way to immense and beautiful rooms were decorated with fish and flowers; they could just as easily have been engraved with the reminder, ‘I … Continue reading
Ai Weiwei in New York City
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photo: Francisco Collazo ** Though the artist himself can’t be in New York City–he’s currently being detained indefinitely by the Chinese government–Ai Weiwei’s exhibit, “Circle of Animals……Zodiac Heads,” is on display at the fountain in front of The Plaza on 59th Street and 5th Avenue now through mid-July. Here’s one of … Continue reading
LIC Love
Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** The summer calendar is filling up and holds lots of travel (Belize, Valencia, Belize, Mexico City), which is both exciting and a little sad because I adore New York in the summer for at least a thousand reasons and it looks like I’ll miss a lot of it … Continue reading
Mounted Police in NYC
Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** So many aspects of daily life in the city escape notice until they’re right in front of my face. A couple weeks ago, Francisco, Mariel, and I went for an afternoon walk and happened upon a couple of police officers from the Mounted Unit on our way home. … Continue reading