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Eric K. Washington's Blog – February 2011 Archive (3)

Virtue S. Harm, An Intriguing New York City Headstone

Virtue would be 120 years old today, if she (or he?) were alive.

I was walking off a foul mood the other day through Trinity Church Cemetery—my local cemetery—when one of those curious headstone inscriptions grabbed me:

VIRTUE S. HARM

FEB. 23, 1891

JAN. 30,…

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Added by Eric K. Washington on February 23, 2011 at 3:51pm — No Comments

NYC's Big Yellow Taxi Soon a Turkish Delight?

New York City's iconic big yellow taxi may soon drive both visitors and residents into dervish ecstasy. The Taxi & Limousine Commission just released its Taxi of Tomorrow survey and, in the humble opinion of 22,000 polled, the… Continue

Added by Eric K. Washington on February 15, 2011 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Inwood Hill Park, New York City

A Manhattanite can get pretty cranky about heading twenty minutes out of his way on an errand. So how is it that a trip that sets him aback some 450 million years should inevitably give him a profound sense of purpose, peace and pleasure? Go figure.

At the forested, northernmost tip of Manhattan island, the Henry Hudson Parkway Bridge is as romantic a sight as any as…