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The New Croton Dam / Croton Gorge Park – Another of New York’s Hidden Treasures

May 29, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

A great pleasure of living in this place is the discovery of these “hidden treasures,” places one can visit and enjoy and, often, without any special or costly effort. The Croton Dam Reservoir is such a place, hidden away up in Westchester County, not anywhere near the big and well-traveled interstate highways, and just there …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Croton Reservoir, New York - Croton Gorge Park, New York - New Croton Dam, New York - Westchester County

“Arcadia”

May 27, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

We New Yorkers take great pride in having so many cultural activities at hand, and truth to tell, thanks to an ever-growing interest in the arts throughout America, New York isn’t all that unique anymore. Some of our country’s best theater performances take place in other places, and certainly New York has its competition when …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: " Stoppard (Tom) Kendal (Felicity), "Arcadia, Crudup (Billy), Repton (Humphry)

Opera: Farewell to Dame Joan Sutherland

May 24, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

Many thanks to the Metropolitan Opera Guild for the beautiful program in memory of Dame Joan Sutherland, presented last Tuesday night (May 17, 2011). Since her death on October 10, 2010, there had been two memorial services, including a State Memorial Service on November 9, 2010 at the Sydney Opera House and a service held …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Bonynge (Richard), Horne (Marilyn), Metropolitan Opera Association, opera singers, Sutherland (Dame Joan)

More of Central Park

May 4, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

A few more comments about my nice excursion into Central Park last Friday, my afternoon full of walking, enjoying the spring flowers and happy to be having a break from the usual busy schedule. Just wandering about, with no particular goals in mind. Just strolling on toward downtown, toward my own neighborhood. About halfway down the …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: "Literary Walk", Central Park - The Mall, New York - Bethesda Terrace, New York - Central Park, New York - Plaza Hotel

Springtime in New York’s Central Park

May 1, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

Spring comes to New York’s Central Park For those of us who live in New York, there are plenty of times for quiet thought and life without the daily stresses that seem to characterize urban living in the minds of so many people. Indeed, the idea of our city as a loud, disruptive place probably …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: "Cleopatra's Needle", Central Park, Conrad (Carl), New York - Murray Hill, New York - Obelisk, New York (Photographs), New York City, Olmsted (Frederick Law), Vaux (Calvert)

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