Street Sign in Greenwich Village

Sometimes you drive over a bridge named in honor of someone. You might glance at a sign with a name along a stretch of highway.

A plaque.

In memoriam.

A tribute.

A place named to honor, to remember.

It might be a soldier, a notable person, a hero.

I wondered about the name on this street sign- Police Officer James P. Leahy- when I took the picture but didn’t look him up until tonight

I saw this sign when I was visiting my sister

Here’s what I found

Officer James Leahy was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.”

You can read more about Officer James P. Leahy here

There are other links that are touching , his wife speaking of her high school sweetheart, his family.

Here’s a site Honoring USA Heroes with more information.

Hudson River View

From Whitney Museum window

Piano Man on Bleecker Street

We heard the piano music through the open window of my sister’s fifth floor apartment across the street. So when we were at street level, I snapped a few shots.

Sorry, no audio.

Day and Night NYC

Freedom Tower
Drove my sister back home today. From Pittsburgh. It’s 368 miles
I never get tired of the view.

Throwback Thursday New York City Rooftops.from 2009

 reblogged in 2017

One of my Earliest Posts – posted July 2009

New York City Rooftops- 2 views by day and by night

How does light affect an image?

Time of day. Time of year. Direction. Intensity. Source. Pollution. Weather conditions.

Thinking about the quality of light.

Taken from E’s mother’s apartment window 4/4/09 in New York City looking North.

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Christmas Tree at the Met

My sister sent me this photo of the Christmas tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Click Christmas Tree link forhttps://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/christmas-tree-and-neapolitan-baroque-creche details

Found the Bride

Mary took a close-up. Happy Halloween

And In case you missed the first photo click here

Find the Bride

This just in from my sister in NYC. Thanks Mary

Throwback Thursday Zito’s Bread on Bleecker Street

My sister’s Neighborhood

Zito’s Bakery is just a memory now. That’s a bread bag my sister gave me. I took the color photograph and my sister gave the b & w postcard with Berniece Abbott photograph

I posted about Zito’s and Strawberry Rhubarb jam 11 years ago. Mary would go buy two warm loaves while kids were still asleep, camped out in her apartment.

9/11/2025 Evening Guest Blog

From my sister in New York City, sent 7:53 Thursday evening.