Statue of Liberty
Photo by johnchubet [https://instagram.com/johnchubet/]There have been a lot of really great sunsets in the neighborhood this week thanks to the weather. We particularly like this sunset photo because of the great view of the Statue of Liberty. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it
Statue of Liberty
Photo by rettocamme [https://instagram.com/p/0Y8J8bOMRj/]One of our favorite views [/blog/history/say-hi-to-lady-liberty] in the neighborhood, as captured by rettocamme [https://instagram.com/p/0Y8J8bOMRj/]. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope]
east 21st st
Galina and Lev Berenshteyn in front of Lady LibertyA retired limo driver from the former Soviet Union is building a 16-foot-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in his East 21st Street front yard as a tribute to his adopted homeland. Lev Berenshteyn, 68, began working on Lady Liberty approximately
esquire
Vasily Ilyin, a 67-year-old Russian farmer, had never left his home village of Ryshkovo. In a flash of an eye, Ilyin found himself in Moscow, on the cover of Esquire magazine and checking out the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Voices of New York reported [http://www.voicesofny.
fireworks
That fireworks time of year is clearly upon us — the city just announced [http://www.nyc.gov/apps/311/allServices.htm?searchUrl=/apps/311/simpleSearchResults.htm%3Fsearch%3Dfireworks&requestType=service&levelOneId=F77A809A-06AF-11DE-AC9C-EF5AFBC474DE&levelTwoId=F77A809A-06AF-11DE-AC9C-EF5AFBC474DE-3&serviceName=Fireworks+Display+Information&finalSubLevel=2&intentId=E9E66310-8137-11DE-8E9F-96DAE110FEB8&WT.
Minerva
Many are familiar with Green-Wood’s Minerva, and how she’s offering up hearty wave to the Statue of Liberty [http://www.green-wood.com/2012/minerva-facing-what/]. Did you know, though, that there are several other places around South Slope that offer great views of the Green Lady? If you walk