There is life in every layer of the landscape, from the rooftops and above to the tunnels below the train. In the excerpt above, you can even see the folks living underground, with their campfire. To me, the stories are richly suggestive. One of my favorite excerpts is this one:
For the first time, I decided to go to the Women's Winter Sabbath with women from my church. There were about 30 of us, a good-sized group, and we were focused on prayer. The retreat was actually in Manhattan, on 95th Street. So it was super-convenient.
Afterward, I walked into Central Park for a short partial circuit of the Reservoir. In close-up, it looks pretty natural and wild, doesn't it?
But if you pan out a little, you see the usual cityscape:
The building is almost 100 years old (i.e., pretty old by U.S. standards), simple but clean, with lots of "old world" touches. According to the website:
The House at 7 East 95th Street was built between 1914 and 1916 to serve as the town residence of Edith Shepard Fabbri, a great granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her husband, Ernesto Fabbri, an associate of J. Pierpont Morgan.I liked the library. It has a balcony for a second floor of books. If you look closely at the lower right of this picture, there are dark and empty shelves -- that is a "secret" door to the servants' quarters:
Afterward, I walked into Central Park for a short partial circuit of the Reservoir. In close-up, it looks pretty natural and wild, doesn't it?
But if you pan out a little, you see the usual cityscape:
2 comments:
Drove to San Antonio when visiting Houston, was surprised at the amount of "foreigners" who helped defend the Alamo, among them a number of Scots.
Bill.
Ah, those Scots are such rabble-rousers! :)
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