#upper west side
Solemn Mass for All Souls Day
Ice cream ghost sign in New York | Londondesignz.com
I was in New York very recently and spotted this lovely sign on Columbia Avenue and 72nd. Seemingly a relic of bygone era. I initially assumed it was pre-war, however looking at the containing frame suggests it’s a bit more recent. Indeed after a little googling, I found a blog post on the subject of this very sign right here. The comments suggest it actually dates back to the mid-70′s.
Whatever the case, It’s still a lovely piece of lettering set in stained glass. See if you can find it if you visit the Upper West Side.
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First snow of the season. Upper West Side, Manhattan.
Y’all, I know I keep saying sorry for being MIA and that I’m back now, and then going MIA for like a year again.
BUT I’M BACK NOW, haha. Don’t know if anybody cares but here’s a little update:
I’ve been working at NYU in the Leadership Initiative office (HMU if you’re interested in learning about the application processes for global fellowships and scholarships like the Fulbright and Rhodes!). It’s been a temp. job (but a great and fun one) for the summer. When the school year starts back up I’ll be teaching ELA full-time in the Upper West Side.
Some blog-related announcements:
- free college essay editing will be back in November like always, but let me know if you want me to do a quick end-of-summer bonus session, like I sometimes do, in late August
- I’m thinking about starting an NYU ‘22 ask series to accept questions from freshmen or new students coming into NYU who are curious about certain topics like I did last year, so let me know if you’re interested!
Okay, that’s it for now! x
P.S. I’m planning on heading to the Whitney Museum this Saturday, so look out for one of my photosets of my visit coming next week!
If, as Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion is architecture,” then architecture, by way of residential real estate, has become fashion.
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Not really era-appropriate for this blog, but here’s Columbia University in 1897. Kinda wild.
The Dorilton apartment building on 71st Street and Broadway. The Upper East Side is characterized by mansions and town houses and the Upper West Side by these massive apartment buildings (now co-ops).
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Detail of a bas-relief above the entrance to the Church of the Blessed Sacrament is tucked away on West 71st Street, was inspired by Sainte Chapelle in Paris and is a Gothic beauty
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Crafting a plot twist on the fly.
(fromOnly Murers in the Building S1E04: “To Protect and Serve”
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Sun Yuan and Peng Yu @ The Guggenheim
Upper East Side, Manhattan, NYC
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