The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: manhattan

  • The Hess Triangle

    I love stories about nonconformists.

  • The 100th Anniversary of the Wall Street Bombing

    The deadliest terror attack on American soil up to that point.

  • Eruvin

    I’ve been passing under Eruvin all my life and I never knew it.

  • Coming Out on Tops

    The other day I learned about an amazing woman named Moira Johnston who is an advocate for women’s rights and human rights. One of her latest acts is walking topless through Manhattan. Because she can. It’s legal in New York State to do so, you know. Here’s a direct quote from her website: “It is…

  • Fantasy Island

    I just got through reading an article on the NPR website entitled, “Pacific Island, Bigger Than Manhattan, Vanishes.” I assumed it was going to be about global warming, and that maybe it had sunk below the rising sea level, but no. Based upon studies of the sea floor, this island never existed in the first…