Looks like a relatively quiet – even quaint – Greenwich Village street scene, no? Well, this is what that street looked like on the morning of March 6, 1970: On that morning, the townhouse standing at 18 West 11th Street, which was being used as a hideout and bomb factory for the radical leftist Weather … Continue reading
Jules Coignet View of Beirut, 1844 Alberto Pasini A Mosque, 1886 Charles-Théodore Frère Jerusalem from the Environs, 1880 Frere began his career painting the French countryside, but exhibited only Middle Eastern scenes after a stay in Algeria in 1837. He returned to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean many times and eventually established … Continue reading
Mark Tansey The Innocent Eye Test, 1981 Chuck Close Lucas, 1986-87 Chuck Close Mark, 1978-79 Andy Warhol Skull, 1977 Andy Warhol Still Life, 1976 Malcolm Morley On Deck, 1966 Continue reading
My mother is into genealogy and when she mentioned that a number of our relatives were buried in a cemetery not exceedingly far from The Velvet Rocket’s New York office, I Googled the cemetery to learn more about it. The name of the cemetery is St. John and despite being owned by the Roman Catholic … Continue reading
At the request of our Middle East correspondent, Ben Walker, The Velvet Rocket staff braved the rain and foul weather to explore the aftermath of the New York Police Department’s eviction of the Occupy Wall Street protesters at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. The scene tonight: Yes, there is still some activity at Zuccotti Park – police, … Continue reading
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