I am documenting the “how’s” of how enslaved and free Africans and their descendants made lives and livelihoods, and a new city, out of the historical ecology of Manhattan island. I use two frameworks: “Black ecologies” by Justin Hosbey and J.T. Roane and a “spatial analysis of slavery” by Andrea Mosterman. In this post, I […]
Landscape History of the African Diaspora in Manhattan Read Post »
There are many fascinating places in any given city. Instead of limiting the “5 Things I Like About” series to cities as I’ve done in the past, I’ve expanded it to include neighborhoods and parks, such as Domino Park which is featured today. I am kicking off the revamped 5 Things I Like about series […]
5 Things I Like about Domino Park Read Post »
There are several internet-based pathways to learn about and to engage with the trees of New York City. The online NYC Street Tree Map, the result of the third decennial street tree census administered by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, allows you to visualize each of the 680,851 trees (as of 12/7/17) in the […]
New York City Trees by the Books Read Post »
To the question, Which city can observe the most nature?, the answer is Dallas/Fort Worth. Sixteen cities participated in the second annual City Nature Challenge (CNC) and 510 citizen scientists made a whopping 24,170 observations of 2311 species. Texas had two other cities in the top 5: Austin and Houston in fourth and fifth places. […]
City Nature Challenge 2017 – Washington Square Park Read Post »
We are diving back into New York by visiting some of our favorite parks. Last week I shared our walk on the High Line. Today’s field trip recap is of Brooklyn Bridge Park. As with the High Line, we explored portions of the park we’ve already spent time in; for BPP that means the Main Street […]
Exploring Brooklyn Bridge Park Read Post »
Yesterday I posted photos of the Gansevoort entrance to the High Line taken in 2010, 2013, and 2016. Pictured above is entrance latter. Earlier this month we took a walk on the High Line, the first phase only. On arriving I immediately noticed how lush the birch woodland has become. There are always multiple artworks […]
Walking Phase One of the High Line Read Post »