The New Leaf Journal
Where the leaves are perennially virid

Tag Archives: Manhattan

Manhattan is NYC’s third-largest borough and its commercial and cultural center. The NLJ sometimes strays from Brooklyn to discuss this foreign land.

August 10, 2023
10
Aug 2023

Trash pick-up vehicle on Brooklyn Bridge

Memories of past Brooklyn Bridge walks — memorialized with BlackBerry Classic photography.
June 22, 2023
22
Jun 2023

Against camping in ATM vestibules

New York City has a problem with apparently homeless people sleeping in ATM vestibules at night. (I have been led to […]
May 26, 2023
26
May 2023

Squirrel without French fry in Manhattan

I saw a squirrel in Battery Park eating a French fry. While I was unable to capture a photograph of the French fry squirrel, I did take a picture of a squirrel on a tree.
May 24, 2023
24
May 2023

1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge

A long post with original accounts from the May 24, 1883 opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.
December 21, 2022
21
Dec 2022

The Quince Shortage – Justin and Justina

Justin and Justina discuss quinces on an evening December walk in Manhattan.
October 28, 2022
28
Oct 2022

Powder Blue Tugboat and Foggy Manhattan Skyline

Fog and tugboats.
October 2, 2022
2
Oct 2022

Freedom Tower in the Fog From the Brooklyn Bridge

Tracking the fog on an early morning walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
September 23, 2022
23
Sep 2022

The Case For Moving Madison Square Garden

Avenging the old Penn Station.
September 21, 2022
21
Sep 2022

Geese on the Beach of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Two geese stare bravely off into the distance.
September 13, 2022
13
Sep 2022

Manhattan Pigeon on a Window Sill

Pigeon profiles.
August 28, 2022
28
Aug 2022

The Ferris Wheel Off the Triborough Bridge

As the Ferris wheel between three boroughs turns.
July 5, 2022
5
Jul 2022

The Life Masks of John Henri Isaac Browere

A look at the artist who crafted life masks of eminent Americans from the early Republic.