The Greater Refuge Temple, ex-movie theatre, ex-Harlem Casino, re-designed by Architect Costas Machlouzarides in 1966, when it received this extraordinary façade 
No introduction necessary 
Morningside Park, overlooking Harlem
December 22nd, 2019
Tag: upper west side
Akhnaten || Philip Glass
“Practically from the moment [that I first learned about Akhnaten] … I knew I had found the subject for my third opera,” Glass recalls in his 1987 autobiography. After the genre-busting success of Einstein on the Beach (1976) and Satyagraha (1980), Akhnaten rounded out what would come to be known as the composer’s Portrait Trilogy, a triptych of operas focused on innovators from across disciplines. “Akhnaten completed the trilogy in many satisfying ways.”. “If Einstein epitomized the man of Science and Gandhi the man of Politics, then Akhnaten would be the man of Religion.”
– Philip Glass
After Einstein on the Beach, Glass’ epic five-hour masterpiece and the best excuse for a trip to Amsterdam back in 2013, it was such a privilege to watch the third part of the trilogy, at the Metropolitan Opera no less.
Now, if only we could catch Satyagraha sometime, someplace…
The Metropolitan Opera
December 7th, 2019
Processions and Frosty Reflections
A frosty cool day in March @ Lincoln Center, Manhattan West
March 2nd, 2019
Big City Totem
Steel sculpture by William Tarr
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, 1985, in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Campus
122 Amsterdam, between 65th and 66th Street, Lincoln Square, Manhattan West
December 30th, 2018
Night Walk along the Hudson
It was December 30th, 2018 and we were getting ready to welcome another year in the City.
Artwork by Sarah E. Brook
Viewfinding, 2018
New and recycled wood, cast acrylic, paint, poetry
Hudson River Greenway
December 30th, 2018
Fifty Fifth Street & Heaven Avenue
View from the Hudson River Park
July 15th, 2018
Available Light || Lincoln Center
Available Light was a 1983 creation, a collaboration between three American icons: choreographer Lucinda Childs, composer John Adams and architect Frank Gehry, commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Los Angeles.
The work was revived in 2015 and it was this updated version that we had the chance to enjoy as part of Lincoln Center’s ”Mostly Mozart Festival”, in 2018. Lucinda Childs’ interpretation of John Adams’ music that moves and unfolds like an expanding universe, was a deceivingly simple – in reality highly complex, energetic choreography, wonderfully complemented by Frank Gehry’s architectural set design.
A compilation of interviews with with John Adams, Lucinda Childs and Frank Gehry, with photographs of the original production, can be found in this 2015 article, by Julie Lazar, curator of the original work, in 1983.
Jazz @ Lincoln Center
July 13th, 2018
First comes sweat
Evening_walks @Lincoln_Center
New York City
June 29, 2018
Empowered
Urban scarecrows
New York City
June 29th, 2018
The Clearwater
And the sun setting on the Hudson
The story:
Clearwater was founded by Pete Seeger, legendary musician, singer, songwriter, folklorist, activist, environmentalist, and peace advocate, and one of the most influential people of the twentieth century. In 1966, in despair over the pollution of his beloved Hudson River, Seeger announced plans to “build a boat to save the river.” At the time, the Hudson was rank with raw sewage, toxic chemicals and oil pollution; fish had disappeared over many miles of its length. Seeger, along with many other concerned individuals, believed a majestic replica of the sloops that sailed the Hudson in the 18th and 19th centuries would bring people to the river where they could experience its beauty and be moved to preserve it. Inspired by that vision, the organization began with the launch of the sloop Clearwater in 1969 —a majestic 106-foot long replica vessel. [source]
June 29th, 2018
The Humble Fabulist 