Author Archives: deborahshapiro
Lunar New Year Parade 2024
The Year of the Dragon was celebrated in New York’s Chinatown with a series of events that concluded with the 26th annual parade on February 25. Well attended this year, the parade stepped off on a sunny day and featured … Continue reading
New York Faces, 2023
We’re glad it’s over, grasping at hope that 2024 will be better in New York and the world. Here are some faces of New York City in 2023. October 12: 5 days after the Hamas attack on Israel, Jewish students … Continue reading
Holiday Lights 2023
The shortest day of the year has passed, winter has begun, and the holiday lights in Midtown Manhattan bring cheer through the cold evenings. Bergdorf Goodman’s windows, always inventive and elaborate, with reflections of the buildings across Fifth Avenue. The … Continue reading
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2023
The 97th annual Macy’s Parade kicked off from the American Museum of Natural History again this year, led by a marching band and featuring floats, enormous balloons, confetti, entertainers, and a huge and enthusiastic crowd lining the parade route. The … Continue reading
New York Marathon 2023
The New York Marathon was a great success this year, with an exciting women’s finish and a new course record set in the men’s division by Ethiopian Tamirat Tola. Many top American marathoners sat out the race to save themselves … Continue reading
Two Protests at Columbia University
On Thursday, October 12 starting at 6 AM, the entire Columbia University campus was closed to anyone not presenting a Columbia ID at the gates following the invasion of Israel by Hamas and the announcement of protests. In the afternoon … Continue reading
Faces of Protest
Ukrainians gathered in Times Square on March 5 to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to call for a no fly zone over Ukraine to protect civilian lives. Supported by Russians, Georgians, Kazakhs, and others from former Soviet republics, … Continue reading
Lunar New Year Parade 2022
Chinatown, New York The Lunar New Year Parade marking the Year of the Tiger took place again after the suspension in 2021 due to the pandemic. A smaller and more subdued event this year, it was still welcomed as another … Continue reading
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
In these years of pandemic and social distancing, wandering in a vast cemetery has become more than ever before a peaceful and contemplative activity. Some come to visit relatives’ graves, some to learn about the historic battle of the American … Continue reading
December 31, 2021
New iPhone, same pandemic. New York City on the second pandemic New Year’s Eve
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