Well, well, even in my first year I occasionally put in a link to another story on the internet...this one about Chicago cutting back on Christmas decorations to save money ( things were tight in 2009 as you remember. )
Saturday, December 26, 2009
34th Street Shop Window
Just happened that this shop window, with all its jewelry and seashells etc. caught my eye on 34th Street...
This
window is no big deal as Manhattan store windows go- -this city must
have some of the best window -dressers in the world-- but I just found
this one intriguingly different.
Will be
looking now around the neighborhood for oddities and places that just
interest me...they don't have to be "important" places.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Cities Forced to Cancel Christmas | Lifestyle | Mainstreet
Cities Forced to Cancel Christmas | Lifestyle | Mainstreet
This
is link to internet article about drastic measures taken in Chicago
etc. to cut down the cost of Xmas celebrations-- budgets are tight this
year.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Over
at 120 Madison Avenue is the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which
claims to be the oldest acting school in the country ( or is it the
whole English speaking world? Have to check the Wikipedia article
again-- )
The
building is the landmark Colony Club, designed by Stanford White. the
Academy also has a school in Hollywood, on the site of the old Charlie
Chaplin Studios.
There is an impressive list of
alums in the Wikipedia article-- includes Robert Redford, Grace Kelly,
Diana Barrymore, John Cassavetes and all kinds of names you have heard
of or maybe not. It doesn't say whether these people graduated with any
kind of degree, only that they attended the place.
I knew the building was the old Colony Club but it wasn't until very recently that I learned it was also this Drama Academy.
New
York has all sorts of places to study acting, notably the Tisch School
of the Arts at NYU ( where my friend Cecil Mackinnon teaches). I wonder
how well graduates of these places do on the whole...guess it's still
true that it is such a competitive profession that there is still " a
broken heart for every light on Broadway."
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is celebrating its 125th year of operation in 2009.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Mild December Day- What are these flowers?
It's December 4 and some hardly flowers are still blooming...what are these red flowers on Third Avenue and 37th Sreet?
Meanwhile, water project has been finished and you can now see Third Avenue...
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