Talking of the evolution of the species, it’s amazing how far it can travel in time in respect to the behavior within the natural environment. We know that a few million years ago North America, South America and Africa were one compact piece of land, which kept slowly separating in different pieces by climate changes,… Read More
There is something that happens a lot when you connect with New York and frequently visit places and venues: you think who is the one behind such an intense preservation job? Is it the city? Is it a City Hall department? Is it private?…It’s a lot of different combined facts but without a doubt there… Read More
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the land north of the East River was occupied by the Siwanoys, one of many groups of Algonquin-speaking Lenapes in the area. Those of the Lenapes who lived in the northern part of Manhattan Island in a campsite known as Konaande Kongh used a landing at around the current location… Read More
It maybe digital today, but it started way back in the past in other forms: paths, roads, trains…bridges. There have been so many stories in the world about people who come from somewhere and go to nowhere, and viceversa; and especially of course in a city like our unique New York. Now here’s a bit… Read More
Whenever a party was given, guests would comment incessantly about how much fun they were having. The Elwood family, for instance, who were once invited over to a gathering at the Seymours’, were said to have talked about it almost at every dinner for years. Guests were truly enchanted. It wasn’t for nothing that little… Read More
Sometimes we wonder why certain situations make us say “I feel like a kid again”. We might refer to those moments when we find ourselves exploring some new place, or just doing something that makes us feel we’re having so much fun with so little. And we may think, why? Why is it that we… Read More