The Staten Island Ferry has its roots in private sailing vessels used to connect the island to the rest of the region going back to c...

Whatever one might think of the job of borough president (I think as the only borough wide elected city official I think, even shorn o...

Summerfield Methodist Church - 104 Harbor Road - Mariners' Harbor View Larger Map Christ United Methodist Church - 1890 Forest Avenue - ...

I'm actually embarrassed to be Swedish and American this morning. Now, don't get me too wrong, I think Obama's a sort of okay ...

I've written before about something I call 'the Great Methodist Collapse". I still don't know anything about what happene...

Once upon a time Staten Island was a Dutch settlement. Today that's mainly recalled by the existence of Dutch or Netherlands related s...

It's funny how in the days of Obama where the rich are routinely singled out and excoriated it's OK that Polanski bought off his vic...

St. John's Lutheran - 216 Jewett Avenue - Port Richmond View Larger Map St. John's Lutheran, an old German congregation in an old ...

St. Paul's - St. Luke's Lutheran Church (formerly Wasa Lutheran) - 186 Decker Ave - Port Richmond View Larger Map Originally founde...

So I'm too lazy/too overwhelmed/too tired, or just too something indefinable to carry out the Church Project the way I originally intend...

THIS is what I want for Christmas.

I'm in a lousy mood (someone I haven't spoken to in a while and didn't know was sick died) and doing this makes me feel a little...

View Larger Map Definitely one of my favorite homes on Staten Island. While the house itself is nothing extraordinary, the sculpture colle...

In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lawgiver's Port Richmond real estate undertaking, here's some shots of Port Richmond and its surrounding a...

So the luminous Mrs. V and I just returned from a two and a half week trip to England. Our initial plan was to follow the Two Moors Way Tr...

Every time I get insane because of the incompetence of the legislature in Albany or the arrogant dictator running the city I deeply love, a ...

Proof that we're in the stupid times.

Northern Mockingbird These avian nightmares have infested the trees about my home and start calling to each other at 2:30 am. As recent...

Above: 654 Richmond Terrace - 1932 View Larger Map 654 Richmond Terrace - still vacant Above and Below: 632 Richmond Terrace at the s/w corn...

View Larger Map Staten Island or Arkham? You decide. Is this a run down string of buildings on Sentinel Street or just York Avenue in New...