There are so many things about Deep Purple I love.  Jon Lord's organ playing was easily one of the most important and distinctive parts...

   Sorry I've been so lax here for the longest time.  I'm going to try to get back in the saddle and all that jazz and start wr...

   We weren't perfect then and we aren't perfect now.  Along the way from then to now a lot of blood's been shed and often in ...

   Last year I posted pictures of the Chinese restaurant that used to be up on the second floor of a building near the old Woolworth's...

   Vote for Rossville AME at  www.partnersinpreservation.com  to get this nationally important church grant dollars. Part of Historic San...

  So passes the last of the Band's trio of vocalists (Richard Manuel in 1986 and Rick Danko in 1999) and the only American in such an Am...

   The commercial heart of Stapleton is always assumed to be located at Canal and Water Streets along Tappen Park.  Well that's probably...

   For over thirty years Stapleton was my home.  For all sorts of reasons my life revolved around the neighborhood.  My mom would go shoppi...

   A few more landmarks from Van Duzer and nearby blocks.   Fire Engine Co. 154 - This magnificent building still stands now converte...

   Van Duzer Street lies a few mere blocks east of St. Paul's Avenue.  Unlike St. Paul's it's never seemed to have gotten the ...

   Well, not actually.  I was born in the newer section but you know what I mean.  Sadly, after three decades of neglect and misplaced trust...

   I've bought my share of the Images of America books pertaining to Staten Island over the years.  The one about the Jewish community i...