Tagged With: NYC
What did I know of New York?
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo & Julie Schwietert Collazo ** In the spring of 1999, I graduated from college and moved to New York City for an internship. I landed at LaGuardia, took the M60 bus with my long, unwieldy blue duffel bag, and got off on the wrong stop, on the wrong … Continue reading
The Importance of Madison Square Park
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo ** These days, Madison Square Park is probably best known as “that park across the street from Eataly,” or “the park where the original Shake Shack is.” It’s not as grandiose as Central Park or Prospect Park, but it’s pleasant in its own way, with year-round public art … Continue reading
#FriFotos: Bridges
Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** We’ve been on a bit of a renaming spree in New York during the past four or five years, as streets, buildings, and stadiums shed their original names and take on new identities, often for a price. Seeing Mets Stadium become CitiField was enough of a bummer, but … Continue reading
NYC’s First Africa Day Parade
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo ** Dozens of ethnic and cultural groups hold parades and festivals in New York City every year, but 2012 was the first time that the city’s African diaspora had an official, city-sanctioned parade. Bringing together Africans from Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, and South Africa, as well as African … Continue reading
New York City from East to West: 52nd Street
Text & Instagram Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo ** We were walking across 57th Street on garbage night (the night New Yorkers put their trash out for collection), when my friend visiting from Milwaukee asked, “Do you like living in New York?” I wasn’t expecting her question, so I wasn’t prepared with an answer, but I … Continue reading
