The Bridge
Great God, the only bridge of power, life and joy, the bridge that was a span, a cry, an ecstasy - that was America.
- Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River.
(Quote courtesy of Stephenie Hollyman's magnificent blog, Crossing Media. Groucho Marx observed of Lydia, the tattooed lady, You can loin a lot from Lydia. Just so, I think I'll probably learn much from Stephenie's blog. God bless the electronic frontier.)
Squibb Hill Dog Park
A rare urban free range for canines. The cantilevered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is in the background.
Autumn comes to Brooklyn
It comes here late, and without the spectacle of New England or Upstate. Still, it has a subtle beauty, as seen in this view along Columbia Heights, looking toward the Harry Chapin Playground.
A harbor workhorse
Small tankers like this are common in New York Harbor, mostly carrying bunker fuel to ocean-going ships docked here. One of them, the Q Boys, was featured in the original version of Madonna's "True Blue" video (impossible to find on line now, as it's been completely supplanted by a later version). This one was headed up the East River fully loaded, probably delivering fuel from New Jersey to a ship docked somewhere upriver or on Long Island Sound, or perhaps carrying heating oil to a supplier in that direction.
i have to say claude, your photo of the brooklyn bridge is more compelling than nearly all of the slate photos of the GW bridge.
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