Le Grand Hotel, Paris

When Nell passed away, I was given a letter that was written to her by her husband. It is written on the Le Grand Hotel stationary.

The letter is very personal, emotional and heartfelt, and layered with heartbreak .... but how wonderful to be able to actually see the hotel at 12 Boulevard Capucines where he sat so many years ago on March 5, 1953, and wrote the letter! 

Red Bank, My Red Bank

Some of the Levine family from Minsk settled in Red Bank, NJ and my family vacationed there during the summers. These photos were taken during one of those visits in June 1940 and they show my mother and cousin Ellen... and my grandfather.

Red Bank NJ NOW!

Bordentown, My Bordentown

One of my earliest memories is of a party I attended in the small and historic Clara Barton School in Bordentown, NJ. I think I was about 4 years old.

My great aunt owned a big house on that street. And so on a sunny afternoon during a weekend visit, my grandmother and I walked down the road to the sound of the happy music. And inside... there were lots of children, and colorful balloons, and plenty of candy and cakes.

I still remember sitting on a narrow bench with my grandmother just behind that little window on the left....

Early Warning Signs

At any early age, I showed the true sign of a genius!

                     

Picasso Sculpture

coming soon!

in the NY Times

at MoMA

Picasso’s “Woman With Hat,” made of painted sheet metal in the early 1960s, 

is in “Picasso Sculpture”

NYC, the skywalks

Chelsea market

10th Avenue

Gimbels

Madison and Park

Tribeca

NYC, the psychics

The Lavanburg Homes

The Lavanburg Homes were built in about 1925. This is how a young student wrote about the new buildings (so many years ago) in his PS 97 school newspaper called, "The Mangin Herald."

The buildings were located on the short block called Baruch Place. Many decades later, these buildings became part of Henry Street's Homeless Shelters. 

Henry Street Shelters

And here are these buildings as they still stand today, holding so many poignant memories of times from so long ago. 

And this is how, in about 1925, a young boy's mind wandered in a classroom of PS 97 and this is his little story later as he wrote about it for his school newspaper so long long ago: 

Red Apple Rest

The Tuxedo Motel

in the Washington Post

"Before the advent of the New York State Thruway, New Yorkers headed to the Catskills had to spend several hours on New York Route 17 to reach their resort, summer camp or stand-up gig. The Red Apple Rest, located midway between New York City and those destinations, filled many hungry bellies and provided many fond memories. Elaine Freed Lindenblatt chronicles its history in her new book, Stop at the Red Apple: The Restaurant on Route 17.”


RIP Red Apple Rest

And here is Elaine Freed Lindenblatt, the author of the book and the daughter who lived and lives inside this story!

Fairy Tale Fashion at FIT

The Museum at FIT
The NYPost

Alice in Wonderland                                                                 Little Red Riding Hood

The Snow Queen                                                    Rapunzel

         

The Little Mermaid                                         The Swan Maidens

Art Homes

The Haines Shoe House

The Benson Ford Cargo Ship House

The Dog Bark Park Inn

The Flintstone Home