NYC Photo Journal: I Guess I’ve Been Busy: BKLYN/OHNY/Kings Theatre, East Midwood
This is me multitasking: notice how I can take a selfie of my selfies at the same time
So, kids during my hiatus I have been caring for my mother’s issues, caring for my own issues, taking a lot of iPhone photos, doing a little playing: I’ve watched up to Season 5 of Game of Thrones, and everything but the final six or so episodes of Season 7 of Mad Men; I’ll be sorry to see these series end. As for movies; I loved Learning to Drive, I liked 99 Homes, saw a few plays at MTC (Manhattan Theater Club.) The season is off to a good start. Loved: Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love, Loved, David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord. Attended two concerts at Carnegie Hall. The American Symphony Orchestra, my favorite, a symphony for 6-stringed electric violin by a young composer, Muhly who was sitting in the audience, I thought was brilliant though the New York Times might not agree with me. And finally, Boston Symphony’s Elektra.
I have completed two iPhone photography courses and am on a third with guest pros who will be involved with the work of the “students,” who are for the most part a mature lot and scattered all over the world.
Last Monday I began taking part in a “Longenity” Study at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The purpose of the grant is to focus on longevity and genetics of my “tribe.” (A parent had to be ninety-five or older). They tested me from toe to brain, total physical and intelligence. I think they will be tracking me annually.
What I can share with you is a fascinating visit to Brooklyn during the weekend known as Open House New York, (OHNY). On these days the city as well as private industry opens their doors to allow the public in to visit and learn about some of the most esoteric and novel things in New York City.
Let’s begin here at the restored Loew’s King Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn. This video will introduce you to the history and then you can marvel at the restoration.
Next stop was the East Midwood Jewish Center whose notable Renaissance Revival architecture, also built in 1929, is majestic. It is a multipurpose building with a working swimming pool and has been added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) the 2006. Aside from being a synagogue it is used by many groups in the community for diverse activities.
The interior is breathtaking, it has two domes. Just look at the stained glass:
The magnificent dome
Dinner With Friends on Park Slope at Coco Roco, Peruvian Restaurant. Great way to end the day.
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- sangria
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- Tacu tacu con pescado
One of my favorite dishes anywhere: sweet potato encrusted red snapper served with fried yucca and rice and beans risotto.
What a magnificent building. Conjures up images of all the wonderful social grace of the era in which it was built. Your photography is like a documentary that leads you by the hand on a detailed excursion of discovery. Great work.
Thank you Susan for sharing these gems, who knew! ! !
I absolutely loved the gargoyles in the theater and stain glass
in the synagogue. And for dinner, yummm. Next time we visit
the “kids” I’ll try to get to at least one! Great photo journal.
Magnificent theater!
And to you, Dani, I raise that glass of Sangria for your wonderful comment. But what I tour here is nothing compared to your area of Italy, heaven on earth. xoxox
Congratulations on your multifarious activities, Susan. Maybe this is the secret of longevity in your family: a neverending drive to undertake new tasks and put all your energy in them. Where most other people – including this commenter – would find the thought exhausting, you derive new energy from them. Wow.
Your pictures are a stunning documentary of your progress in photography, and like always your descriptions are stimulating reports of life in the Big Apple.
You are truly awesome and worthy of great respect.