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Poor benighted Poughkeepsie - well, "benighted" might be going a bit far. Poughkeepise is quite fascinating, historically and ...

Park Avenue is lined with buildings which, at first blush, look pretty much alike. 521 Park, on the northeast corner of 60th St., is onl...

This is Albany, NY, in a view taken last week on our father-daughter vacation. One of the towers of the Empire State Plaza is on the lef...

Jazzy and I just finished our 20th annual "father-daughter vacation" - sky diving, West Point, Millbrook cocktail parties, Alb...

The romance of ruins figures large in poetic consciousness, although it plays an unhappy role in property maintenance. This fine wall just o...

Would that I could live in a house that had statues like this dotted around the premises. Admittedly, the lady looks a little vacuous (or pe...