The Dome

March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Grant's Tomb, Harlem, Mausoleums, Neighborhoods, West Side | 4 Comments

Inside Grant’s Tomb, the largest mausoleum in North America, one can admire the intricately designed dome. It’s very impressive.

Paz

Let Us Have Peace

March 30, 2008 | Filed Under Grant's Tomb, Harlem, Mausoleums, Neighborhoods, West Side | 11 Comments

Elizabeth is visiting and we’ve been hanging out together and having fun. We stopped by Grant’s Tomb, the largest mausoleum in North America. The bodies of Ulysses S. Grant , the Union Civil War General and 18th President of the U.S., and his wife Julia Dent Grant are entombed there.

The phrase "Let us have peace" greets visitors at the entrance of the mausoleum. It is taken from Grant’s words in his 1885 memoirs. I think it’s an important wish, especially coming from a man of war. Inside, there’s a mural of the two generals shaking hands.

We need peace. Let us have peace.

Paz

Brownstones & Apartment Buildings

March 29, 2008 | Filed Under Apartment Buildings, Brownstones, Fire Escapes, Harlem, West Side | 6 Comments

A lot of times, when people think of New York City, they think about high-rises, skyscrapers and New Yorkers living high in the sky. However, that’s not exactly true. There are many low-rise buildings (walk ups, no higher than six floors), brownstones and houses in the city. Here are a few examples.

Paz

My First Starlings

March 29, 2008 | Filed Under Birds, New York City Wildlife, Starlings | 7 Comments

I’ve been trying to take photographs of these birds for some time but they’ve been too quick for me and fly away in a flash. I finally got lucky with these two. Yay! Here they are on the busy streets of NYC. They manage to find food and not get run over by passing or parking cars.

Paz