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Visitation School, located 171 W. 239th St., was once a vibrant of the community, having served the area for 85 years by the time it closed its doors for good in 2017. Local elected officials would love to transform it into a public school, which would help ease overcrowding in nearby schools.
Visitation remains empty while neighbors wait
Just search for “Visitation School” on Google, and you’ll find bright red letters reminding you it’s permanently closed. more
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Rocky is a Riverdale personality in his own right, a puli dog owned by Julie Gaynor.
That’s no mop walking near the Whitehall — that’s a puli
Walking behind the Whitehall, I saw a black dust mop on a leash ahead of me. Always eager to hear a good story, I struck up a conversation with the owner. more
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Photos courtesy of Bill Caplan In a village in the mountains of northern Laos, buildings are mostly constructed with bamboo, according to Bill Caplan, a Riverdale resident who took a trip to rural communities in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam with his wife Paula. Caplan photographed the experience, publishing ‘Contrasts 21C: People & Places — Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia,’ a photo essay book about the experience.
Photos tell stories of day-to-day life in rural Asia
When Bill and Paula Caplan planned their trip to southeast Asia, there was no need to take a page out of any guidebook — they were going to pave their own way. more
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Actor Dominic Chianese, best known for his role as Uncle Junior on HBO’s ‘The Sopranos,’ preps for a scene of the short film ‘Playing with Matches,’ at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale last July. Riverdale resident Tracy Chutorian Semler wrote the film, which explores what it’s like to find love at a retirement home.
Hebrew Home center stage for new romantic film short
Tracy Chutorian Semler just couldn’t get her mind off of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale when she wrote her first ever screenplay. more
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This kaleidoscope quilt created by Sura Jeselsohn features rose motifs, continuing the popular flower themes that have dominated so much quilting since its arrival in the early days of the United States.
Life on the Oregon Trail heavily influenced quilting
Continuing our discussion on quilts from last week, cotton and its bolls have a particularly serious drawback as a commercial crop. more
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Anthony Friedkin photographed ‘Surfer at Super Tubes’ in Ventura, California, in 2008. Friedkin’s photographs of the surfing community in southern California are largely devoid of contemporary signifiers, giving them a timeless feel. A new exhibition of Friedkin’s work, ‘The Surfing Essay,’ is on display at Daniel Cooney Fine Art through Dec. 21.
Anthony Friedkin's love letter to the wave
In the cathedral, nothing else matters. more
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A cotton boll ripens, ready to take its place in the literal fabric of our society.
Quilts: It’s a long journey all the way from the cotton plant
Fabric has always attracted me. My mother was a home sewer, and when I would accompany her to a fabric store to pick out new material for our school clothes, I would wander down the aisles as she made her choices. For me, the stores were a wonderland of colors and patterns. more
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Edward Howland Blashfield’s ‘Red Cross Christmas Roll Call, December 16th to 23rd’ was a propaganda poster illustrated during World War I to support the country’s involvement in the conflict. It’s one of nine posters on display at the Hudson River Museum through Jan. 20.
World War I posters tell women’s side of the battle
Long before Rosie the Riveter, there were other women who graced the front of war posters. more
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The majority of ‘An Beal Faces,’ a portrait series by Robert Presutti, is in black-and-white, but a few of the regular customers and employees he photographed looked better in color. ‘An Beal Faces’ is on display through Dec. 10.
The faces of An Beal Bocht
When Robert Presutti photographs someone, he has two words of advice for them: “Be yourself.” more
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No, that’s not a small pie someone left under a tree. Instead, that’s a Ganoderma sessile, and while its focus is rotting wood, it’s a necessary part of nature’s circle of life.
A Ganoderma sessile is growing up right here in Riverdale
Now that I am taking part in the iNaturalist effort, documenting as much of New York City’s flora as possible, I stop more frequently on my walks to check out seeming minutiae. more
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