Lower Manhattan, September 2008
Pace was founded in 1906 as
a business school and became a full-fledged university in 1973.
It's located in lower Manhattan
right at the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge and next to City Hall.
This is the Municipal
Building, i.e. NY's City Hall, deliberately over the top in its Renaissance
Revival architecture (1914)
close-up of the Municipal
Building with cupola
City Hall through the trees
Pace, main building
Pace's own Barnes & Noble
old name of the city, Dutch
for "dam on the river Amstel" (not really appropriate for "dam on the river
Hudson")
new name of the city, Lenape
for "island of many hills"
Anneliese flashes the peace
sign outside city hall
chillin' by the fountain in
City Hall Park
fountain close-up
peeps walking over the Brooklyn
Bridge on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon
spray painter draws a crowd
subway station for Pace/City
Hall/Brooklyn Bridge
talking to friend Rob
Polish consulate in mid-town
near Rob's apartment
NYC Public Library under some
sort of scaffolding (always reminds me of Ghostbusters!)
Empire State Building from
right below...Liese says she never noticed how UGLY it is
on to Brooklyn!
one of five community gardens
very close to Liese's house in Bushwick; this one is on her block
The gardens are planted in
vacant lots and tended by the local residents working as volunteers.
They are supported by Green
Thumb, a great organization that provides
free training, equipment and
materials to community gardeners.
view of Manhattan from rooftop
of Anneliese's house in Brooklyn
entrance to Liese's residence,
the Biko House in Bushwick, Brooklyn
(named for South African freedom fighter Steve Biko, played by Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom)
ornate exterior of Liese's
new house, a former Episcopalian monastery (this was the order)
her very own balcony! it's
like having a backyard!
on the door of the building
living room with one of two
pianos in the house
three lovely cousins visiting
one of Liese's housemates
kitchen in Liese's house
chapel in Liese's house. a
remnant of the monastery...the other piano is in here
exposed brick in Liese's room,
which used to belong to one of the order's brothers
Liese's closet and desk
Liese in her room eating cotton
candy I brought her from the Jersey shore
(it had hardened somewhat
but still melted in your mouth and tasted the same!)
Anneliese at her Mac finding
us a place to go to lunch
all ready for lunch in Williamsburg
on the way to the train we
passed Liese's laundromat, "Britt's on Bushwick"
at the local stop on the L
train, just two blocks from her house
Williamsburg house covered
in mosaic
the difference between Bushwick
and Williamsburg (just a few subway stops apart) is staggering...
whereas Liese's poor neighborhood
has only greasy spoons, gentrified Billyburg is filled with
healthy,trendy eateries announced
by signs like "Don't panic, it's organic!"
