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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.

September 21, 2022
21
Sep 2022

Geese on the Beach of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Two geese on a faux beach in Brooklyn Bridge Park stare bravely into the distance toward Manhattan.
September 13, 2022
13
Sep 2022

Manhattan Pigeon on a Window Sill

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Pigeon profiles.
August 28, 2022
28
Aug 2022

The Ferris Wheel Off the Triborough Bridge

Nicholas A. Ferrell

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

The Life Masks of John Henri Isaac Browere

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A look at the artist who crafted life masks of eminent Americans from the early Republic.
October 6, 2021
6
Oct 2021

The Cows of Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s at the 2021 NYC Cow Parade

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Chewing the cud at Mooingdale’s (I had to)〜
October 5, 2021
5
Oct 2021

DuckDuckGo Presents Both Sides of the Freedom Tower-Songbird Debate

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I searched on DuckDuckGo for a specific story about birds crashing into Manhattan’s Freedom Tower. The top two results returned by DDG were at odds with one another.
September 18, 2021
18
Sep 2021

The Homing Pigeons Returned Home As Expected

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜A boy and his homing pigeons〜
September 17, 2021
17
Sep 2021

The Story of the Herald Square Carrier Pigeons

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜The feathered news couriers of Manhattan in 1895〜
June 21, 2021
21
Jun 2021

The Battery Park Butterfly Before a Hudson River Flyover

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A butterfly stopped by as I waited to see a Battery Park flyover.
May 10, 2021
10
May 2021

The NYPD’s Duck Family Rescue in Midtown Manhattan

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Whyever did the duck family cross the road?〜
February 14, 2021
14
Feb 2021

Photographing a Squirrel Kiss in Three Acts

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A photo-journalism exclusive: Capturing a squirrel kiss in Manhattan’s Battery Park in three photographs.
February 3, 2021
3
Feb 2021

The Arrival of Sparrows in the United States

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜An article on the introduction of the common house-sparrow to New York, and why it was brought here〜