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Little Italy near College St. Little Italy Regent Park (public housing) Cabbagetown (nice Victorians wedged between two low income housing projects) Cabbagetown Cabbagetown Cabbagetown St. James Town (low income public housing) St. James Town Church-Wellesley Annex- Spadina Road looking north from my block Annex- Dupont subway (my stop) Annex near Dupont subway Little Italy Greektown Greektown Greektown Greektown Greektown Greektown Mosque (between Little Ethiopia and Greektown) Obama Cafe (full of Obama memorabilia, in Ethiopian part of Danforth) Little Ethiopia (or at least the beginnings of one) on Danforth Little Ethiopia Little India Little India Little India Little India Little India Little India Little India Little India Riverdale Riverdale Riverdale Riverdale Riverdale, aka Chinatown II (near Broadview/Gerrard corner a couple of miles from downtown, a little slower and mellower than the downtown version) Riverdale Rosedale (luxurious WASP area) Rosedale Museum subway stop (not all the subway stops have art this interesting) Little Portugal (a couple of miles W of downtown - mostly Dundas just E of Landsdowne) Little Portugal + Little Portugal Little Portugal Little Portugal Little Portugal Little Portugal Little Portugal Little Portugal

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]]> Tue Aug 11 2009 Dallas (visited July 4 weekend 2009) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1722935.html Dallas (visited July 4 weekend 2009) Wednesday 8 July 2009: Dallas (visited July 4 weekend 2009)

Addison Circle (new urbanist development in Addison, a suburb) Uptown (mixed use area just north of downtown, kind of a satellite downtown mixing high rises, houses, and retail) M Streets (somewhat gentrified area just south of Mockingbird station) Addison Circle Victory Park (sterile area near downtown) Addison Circle West End (touristy area near downtown) Greenville Avenue (in M Streets area) Addison Circle (roundabout that doubles as public art) M Streets M Streets Where JFK shot (X marks spot) M Streets Texas School Book Depository/Dealey Plaza museum (red bldg on left) SMU grassy knoll Highland Park (wealthy inner suburb) Mockingbird Station (housing above retail above light rail) West End Highland Park DART bus - I love that they are yellow Highland Park Mockingbird Station Downtown skyline View from Forest Lane light rail station Plano- Mexican market Mockingbird light rail station (just east of Highland Park) Plano- boring area near downtown Plano- Eastside Village (transit oriented development in downtown Plano) Plano's downtown Plano gets more scruffy and sprawling once you get a couple of blocks from the DART station Addison Circle Deep Ellum (bohemian entertainment area that has fallen on hard times) Plano- Eastside Village (development in downtown Plano near light rail) Turtle Creek (high rise dominated street just east of Uptown) Forest Lane light rail station West Village (Uptown retail/residential development)- the interior side where the parking is Boring suburbia near downtown Plano West Village - the froufrou exterior LBJ Freeway (note the stars on the pillars) West Village Addison Circle Addison Circle Uptown Addison Circle Uptown Uptown

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]]> Wed Jul 8 2009 Nashville and Memphis (visited June and July 2009) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1722934.html Nashville and Memphis (visited June and July 2009) Wednesday 8 July 2009: Nashville and Memphis (visited June and July 2009)

Sign on Memphis bus (I thought it was funny) Beale St in Memphis Downtown Nashville Downtown Nashville The Gulch (new urbanist development near downtown) Harbor Town (new urbanist development in Mud Island, just west of downtown Memphis) Harbor Town Harbor Town Harbor Town Harbor Town Harbor Town main street (a bit on the wide side) Harbor Town public park on the Mississippi Mud Island just west of downtown Memphis Pyramid (sports arena) Bad part of Memphis just north of downtown Main Street, downtown Memphis

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]]> Wed Jul 8 2009 Little Rock, AR (taught there summer 2009) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1707714.html Little Rock, AR (taught there summer 2009) Thursday 4 June 2009: Little Rock, AR (taught there summer 2009)

UALR Law School Downtown skyline (viewed from MacArthur Park near law school) Where Douglas MacArthur born (then a fort, now a museum) Quapaw Quarter (Victorian area just east of downtown) Quapaw Quarter street Downtown State Capitol (viewed from Capitol Avenue) Rundown houses just south of Quapaw Quarrter Downtown skyline City bus depot Downtown- River Market area Downtown- River Market area River Market (an enclosed market near Clinton Library and other downtown attractions) Downtown's great blight of dullness Downtown's great blight of dullness, part 2 Downtown (Capitol Avenue) Downtown- Albert Pike used to be hotel, now public housing Quapaw Quarter Central High - site of famous desegregation confrontation in 1957; Gov. Faubus wouldn't let African-Americans in and Ike had to send federal troops Central High steps (where the Little Rock Nine walked) Central High downtown streetcar Heights shopping area (Heights is an old-money, somewhat walkable area about 5 miles from downtown) Heights Heights Heights Worst street in the world (I say this not just because its unwalkable but because it connects two highly walkable areas, Heights and Hillcrest shopping districts) Worst street in the world, part 2 Heights Hillcrest Hillcrest Hillcrest (nice intown area about 3 or 4 miles from downtown) Hillcrest Capitol View (so-so intown neighborhood about a mile or two from downtown) Capitol View Capitol View Capitol View West Little Rock (middle-class sprawl) West Little Rock Southwest Little Rock- a suburban-looking but troubled part of town (I noticed several boarded-up houses on a bus ride) Southwest Little Rock - weedy yard Southwest Little Rock house

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]]> Thu Jun 4 2009 Jacksonville- Little Talbot Island and nearby http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1662550.html A park and nearby areas in the far northeastern end of town. Thursday 5 March 2009: A park and nearby areas in the far northeastern end of town.

The island Beach Beach Algae on the water Algae on the water, pt 2 more sand river bird weird grass Hecksher Drive nuclear power plant weird grass nuclear power plant

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]]> Thu Mar 5 2009 Jacksonville's Jerusalem and environs http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1560007.html There's a Jerusalem Street in Jacksonville, so I thought I would take pics of it (and of amusing stuff nearby). Monday 11 August 2008: There's a Jerusalem Street in Jacksonville, so I thought I would take pics of it (and of amusing stuff nearby).

Jerusalem Street- a residential intersection Jerusalem Street- the view from the residential blocks towards Phillips Hwy. House on Jerusalem Street More houses on Jerusalem St. Men of God auto dealership (not quite on J-St. but only a couple of blocks away) Men of God car dealers- another view

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]]> Mon Aug 11 2008 worst practices http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1521148.html A selection of photos from some of the most unwalkable environments I've ever seen. From Atlanta unless noted otherwise. Monday 2 June 2008: A selection of photos from some of the most unwalkable environments I've ever seen. From Atlanta unless noted otherwise.

Northside/Mt. Paran residential street Northside/Mt. Paran- an unwalkable street near an elementary school Northside/Mt. Paran residential street Northside/Mt. Paran- my old elementary school Northside Parkway- Where you would walk if you were crazy enough to walk from the nearest shop to my family's houses in Northside/Mt. Paran area Northside/Mt. Paran- a part of Atlanta where trees go up to the street so you can't walk in grass, and you shouldn't walk on the street because cars go 40 mph Buford Highway- Atlanta; because the hill is so steep, pedestrians can't even walk on grass the way they can on other sidewalk-less blocks of Buford Highway (despite the fact that there is an immigrant-dminated area with lots of pedestrians) Vinings apartments- note the complete lack of accomodation to the pedestrian Vinings residential block- Atlanta suburb, another Gates Mills - suburb of Cleveland. Note that in the absence of sidewalks and lawns there is really no place to walk (as is true for many photos below) Jacksonville (Mandarin)- a library with no continuous sidewalk, and on a cul de sac yet. You would think the city would let people walk to a library of all places... Jacksonville (Mandarin)- Bike Lane of death, wedged between two high speed lanes on a eight or nine lane street (San Jose Blvd.) Jacksonville (Mandarin)- another condo with no place to walk Jacksonville (LaVilla)- neighborhood near downtown that was torn down to build vacant lots East Cobb - a synagogue that looks like some sort of industrial park Dunwoody- another

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]]> Mon Jun 2 2008 Hudson, NY and environs http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1445110.html Photos from Hudson and some other parts of upstate NY between NYC and Albany. Monday 21 January 2008: Photos from Hudson and some other parts of upstate NY between NYC and Albany.

Decaying house in Hudson, NY (small town I visited) Hudson town library Hudson's main shopping street (Warren) Hudson house FDR grave View of mountains etc from FDR mansion Martin Van Buren house (where he lived after his presidency)

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]]> Mon Jan 21 2008 Florida (outside Jacksonville and Miami) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1346602.html Florida photos from cities where I have NOT lived. Monday 13 August 2007: Florida photos from cities where I have NOT lived.

Tampa- streetcar to Ybor City Tampa- Ybor City (once Cuban, now gentrifying) Tampa- Hyde Park (a 20s streetcar suburb in Tampa) Tampa- More Hyde Park Suburban sprawl in Clearwater Peacocks in St. Augustine St. Augustine synagogue (no, I didn't pray there, just walked by) St. Augustine (America's oldest city) St. Augustine house built in 1710 St. Augustine 1710 house, another view St. Augustine fort built by Spanish in 1600s St. Augustine fort built by Spanish in 1600s St. Augustine historic area (most houses built in 1800s) St. Augustine historic area part 2 St. Augustine historic area part 3 St. Augustine historic area part 4 Fernandina Beach (Victorian resort town 30 miles from Jacksonville) Fernandina Beach Gainesville- Haile Village (a new urbanist development in a suburban area) Gainesville- Haile Village storefronts Gainesville- traffic calming Gainesville- Haile Village mixed use (apartments over stores) Haile Village- commercial street Haile Village- townhouses Haile Village- detached houses

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]]> Mon Aug 13 2007 Bloomington, Indiana (visited Dec. 2006) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1160670.html I visited Bloomington to speak about how local land use regulation promotes sprawl- so naturally, some of my photos are of sprawl. Thursday 14 December 2006: I visited Bloomington to speak about how local land use regulation promotes sprawl- so naturally, some of my photos are of sprawl.

Residential area Downtown Courthouse square Downtown (S. College Ave. I think) Downtown parking lot- a waste of good real estate Parking lot on E. 3rd St. (more suburban part of town) Parking lot on E. 3rd St. Near Indiana University New Urbanist development south of university

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]]> Thu Dec 14 2006 me in Washington http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c1030514.html (mostly photos from White House tour) Monday 24 July 2006: (mostly photos from White House tour)

Me in front of West Wing Me at Rose Garden Me at Rose Garden playing at being press secretary in front of George Washington law school inside

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]]> Mon Jul 24 2006 Washington- Cherry Blossoms 2006 http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c917199.html Washington- Cherry Blossoms 2006 Sunday 9 April 2006: Washington- Cherry Blossoms 2006

Washington Monument surrounded by cherry blossoms tree blossoms close-up 1 close-up 2 another photographer close-up 3 close-up 4 close-up 5 close-up 6

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]]> Sun Apr 9 2006 Jacksonville, FL (2006-09) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c872477.html Jacksonville, FL (2006-09) Sunday 26 February 2006: Jacksonville, FL (2006-09)

Westside- Cassat Ave (near heavily Vietnamese area just off I-10) Westside- Cassat Avenue Westside sign Lake Shore neighborhood on Westside (just west of Ortega, not nearly so wealthy) Lake Shore Lake Shore Lake Shore Downtown- Palin rally Downtown- Palin rally (election '08) Downtown- the great blight of dullness Tapestry Park- new urbanist development on southside Tapestry Park Tapestry Park Tapestry Park Tapestry Park alley to commercial area Southside near Tapestry Park Skyline River (from Riverside street) Skyline Riverside house turned into hair salon Riverside apartments Riverside sidewalk with lots of tree canopy Riverside- Park and King Downtown skyline (viewed from Riverside) Springfield houses (the one on the right was built in 1886; much of the area's housing is 1880s and 1890s) Riverside- Park and King Springfield Riverside- a nice, walkable area on the southwest side of town Arlington Springfield- an example of new development Arlington Springfield street Andrew Jackson (on the horse) stands guard over the city's sewers Downtown library Springfield- Main Street Riverside waterfront River view- this time of Riverside high rises from San Marco area Greyhound station downtown Avondale (most well off part of Riverside, at its west edge) Downtown plaza Avondale - apts built in 30s LaVilla- Ritz theater San Marco- a ritzy area just south of downtown (house built in 1920s, as are other San Marco houses pictured) Avondale mansion (built late 20s) LaVilla- an area that was once city's African-American downtown, later torn down to build vacant lots San Marco mansion Avondale shopping center LaVilla- another view Avondale park Old Mandarin (an area south of where I live; was farm country in 19th century, and still has a few old houses)

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]]> Sun Feb 26 2006 Cahokia Indian mounds http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c631641.html These mounds, located in Collinsville, IL near St. Louis, were built by Native American tribes around 1100 or so. The mounds were used as burial places, ceremonial places, and sites for the residences of important people. More information about the mounds is available at www.cahokiamounds.com Wednesday 27 July 2005: These mounds, located in Collinsville, IL near St. Louis, were built by Native American tribes around 1100 or so. The mounds were used as burial places, ceremonial places, and sites for the residences of important people. More information about the mounds is available at www.cahokiamounds.com

The big mound where the priest-king lived Downtown St. Louis in the distance (viewed from tallest mound) Mound of death- human sacrifices performed, and victims buried, here - usually to accompany king into underworld or something Misc. mounds

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]]> Wed Jul 27 2005 Places I've visited- Jerusalem http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602628.html Sorry I don't have more photos, but either my camera or my brain malfunctioned when I visited Jerusalem in 2002, and so most of my photos didn't come out at all. Monday 4 July 2005: Sorry I don't have more photos, but either my camera or my brain malfunctioned when I visited Jerusalem in 2002, and so most of my photos didn't come out at all.

Tunnels under the Wall, about 2100 yrs old Jerusalem- the wide angle view posters Ben-Yehuda Street, a modern, touristy shopping area in the center of town Ben-Yehuda Street: apartments above shops Maybe this should have been named Ben-Yehuda Street pedestrian mall In front: Western Wall of Temple destroyed in 70 by Romans (aka Western Wall, Wailing Wall, Kotel, or just The Wall); gold dome in back is Dome of the Rock, mosque in Muslim part of Jerusalem The Wall Tunnels Under The Wall, Part 2: People like to write prayers and leave them in its cracks and crevices

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 Places I've visited- Berlin http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602626.html Visited here with my parents in 1997. Because my father grew up in Berlin, most of the photos relate to his life and his adventures during World War II. (To find his book about the latter, go to amazon.com and bn.com and search for Bert Lewyn's "Life on the Run in Nazi Berlin"). Monday 4 July 2005: Visited here with my parents in 1997. Because my father grew up in Berlin, most of the photos relate to his life and his adventures during World War II. (To find his book about the latter, go to amazon.com and bn.com and search for Bert Lewyn's "Life on the Run in Nazi Berlin").

Jewish cemetery (interestingly, Hitler didn't mess with it at all- I guess he was OK with Jews as long as they were dead) KaDeWe, grand department store that my dad visited as a kid U-Bahn stop near where my dad grew up Factory that sits on land where my dad lived until WW 2; the original house was of course blown up in the war, like much of Berlin This building was the boarding school/orphanage where my dad went to school and was bar mitzvahed (in his case more like a boarding school since his parents were alive at the time) Subway car Subway station near KaDeWe List of Nazi deportations of Berlin Jews; my grandparents were on a late March transport to Trawnicki; my father could have been on a late Feb. 1943 transport to Auschwitz, but got very lucky. (If you want to know the details read his book!) Jewish cemetery This billiards parlor was once a factory where my dad worked in 1942-43; in front of this factory Street scene (dome is Oranienbergstrasse synagogue) Plaque in front of prewar synagogue Interior of prewar synagogue (now a museum) Gestapo museum, built on site of SS headquarters Gestapo museum- the part that was actually used by the SS and wasn't blown up during the war (because it was underground) Berlin street scene Berlin street scene museum with lots of antiquities Desk where East German Politburo sat Wannsee, where Heydrich & friends planned the Shoah Berlin street scene Coffee/pastry house (kind of like an early Starbucks) where my dad hung out when he wanted to be inconspicuous Berlin Wall remnants Brandenburg gate Berlin city hall Kreuzberg (bohemian/Middle Eastern area) Kathe Kollwitz museum (Kathe Kollwitz was an artist who specialized in weepy drawings of starving children etc) Street where my dad grew up Art museum full of bullet holes from WW 2 Berlin Wall- another view Housing built by East German Communists; note how wide the building is, and how wide the street is

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 Chicago and other non-Carbondale parts of Illinois http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602625.html Chicago and other non-Carbondale parts of Illinois Monday 4 July 2005: Chicago and other non-Carbondale parts of Illinois

Springfield- Lincoln library Springfield- Lincoln museum Springfield- more Lincoln Springfield- downtown street scene (low rise in the distance is where Lincoln practiced law) The El (Chicago's heavy rail system, so named because it is elevated above ground) Downtown condos Old Town (German area in 19th century, gentrified today) Chicago River downtown ditto ditto Marshall Field's (old downtown department store) Cobden's library Cobden's coffeehouse Cobden's museum (why Cobden has a museum I have no idea- it was closed so I didn't go into it) Cobden (isolated but cute small town south of Carbondale) Collinsville, IL near St. Louis- Cahokia Indian mounds, built around 1100 (more information at www.cahokiamounds.com); this mound is apparently where chief lived Collinsville- St. Louis viewed from Indian mound Collinsville- Indian mound where human sacrifices performed Collinsville- misc. Indian mounds

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 Places I've visited- San Francisco http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602624.html Places I've visited- San Francisco Monday 4 July 2005: Places I've visited- San Francisco

Purple house (I think Pacific Heights but maybe Noe Valley) The world's most crooked street (Nob Hill) Mission District View from Nob Hill Mission District Castro District (hub of city's gays) Office listings in Japantown Japantown- more a shopping area than a neighborhood Pacific Heights (wealthy) Pacufic Heights The Bay North Beach (traditionally Italian) Chinatown

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 Places I've visited - Birmingham http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602621.html Places I've visited - Birmingham Monday 4 July 2005: Places I've visited - Birmingham

Rundown area Some sort of Black Hebrew church (?) 16th St. church- downtown black church, site of white supremacist bombing in 60s, kind of like Birmingham equivalent of Ebenezer in Atlanta civil rights museum across street from 16th St. Church Birmingham's apparently moribund downtown Sprawl Mountain Brook, a well off suburb

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 places I've visited- New Orleans http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602538.html places I've visited- New Orleans Monday 4 July 2005: places I've visited- New Orleans

French Quarter (I think the Bar dates back to 19th c sometime) French Quarter St. Charles streetcar (from outside) St.; Charles streetcar (from inside) Garden District (prosperous area a couple of miles from downtown) Garden District

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 where I've visited- Savannah http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602529.html Five photos are of the downtown historic district, most of which was built in the 18th and 19th centuries; the novel and movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" are set in Savannah's historic area. A couple of others are from a "streetcar suburb" a few miles from downtown - I suspect built in the 20s, because it is a bit less dense than downtown but less auto-oriented than most post-World War II Southern neighborhoods. Monday 4 July 2005: Five photos are of the downtown historic district, most of which was built in the 18th and 19th centuries; the novel and movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" are set in Savannah's historic area. A couple of others are from a "streetcar suburb" a few miles from downtown - I suspect built in the 20s, because it is a bit less dense than downtown but less auto-oriented than most post-World War II Southern neighborhoods.

Historic district Historic district Historic district Historic district Historic district 1920s neighborhood 1920s neighborhood

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 Places I've visited- Chattanooga http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602514.html Places I've visited- Chattanooga Monday 4 July 2005: Places I've visited- Chattanooga

Downtown aquarium River bordering downtown Chattanooga choo-choo (railroad station turned hotel) Downtown street Mountain overlooking city St. Elmo (an older neighborhood a couple of miles away from downtown) St. Elmo- the long view

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 Places visited- Rochester, NY http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c602477.html The first four photos are from the well-off intown area around East Avenue, the last two are from the inner suburb of Irondequoit. Monday 4 July 2005: The first four photos are from the well-off intown area around East Avenue, the last two are from the inner suburb of Irondequoit.

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]]> Mon Jul 4 2005 New York City (Summer 2005, plus numerous visits) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c601175.html Sunday 3 July 2005:

Brooklyn- Park Slope (gentrified) Jersey City, NJ- Little India Jersey City, NJ- Little India Newark, NJ- more Ironbound Newark, NJ- Ironbound (Portuguese/Brazilian area) Brooklyn- Bay Ridge Brooklyn- Bay Ridge (middle class, lots of Italians and Arabs) Brooklyn- the Bay in Bay Ridge Rego Park- Queens Blvd. Manhattan skyline viewed from Rego Park Verranzano Narrows Bridge between Bay Ridge and Staten Island Only in Rego Park (heavily populated by Bukharan Jews, i.e. Jews from Uzbekistan, Georgia, other parts of Central Asia) Queens- Forest Hills (very well off area, home of Geraldine Ferraro I think) Queens- Forest Hills Queens- Astoria shops Queens- Astoria shops Queens- Astoria (a heavily Greak area) Brooklyn- Park Slope Brooklyn- Boro Park matzo bakery Brooklyn- Boro Park yeshiva (?) Verranzano Narrows bridge between Bay Ride and Staten Island Brooklyn- Park Slope Brooklyn- Boro Park (a heavily Hasidic area) Brooklyn- Boro Park apartments Brooklyn- Boro Park housing Brooklyn- Boro Park religious poster Brooklyn- Boro Park housing Brooklyn- Boro Park synagogue Brooklyn- Boro Park synagogue Brooklyn- Coney Island amusements (and no, it's not really an island) Brooklyn- the beach (covering Coney Island and numerous other areas)- who knew Brooklyn had a beach? Brooklyn- Coney Island amusement park ride Brooklyn- Coney Island Brooklyn- the beach Brooklyn- Williamsburg subway (yes, Hasids really do take the subway) Brooklyn- Williamsburg (an area with Hasids, hipsters and Hispanics) Brooklyn- Hasidic Williamsburg Brooklyn- Hasidic Williamsburg Brooklyn- Hasidic Williamsburg (the Satmar are the dominant sect there; they have a reputation for being anti-Zionist and generally less involved with other Jews than some of the other Hasidic groups) Brooklyn- Hasidic Williamsburg Brooklyn Heights (a rich part of Brooklyn) Brooklyn- Hasidic school bus (in Williamsburg I think) Brooklyn Heights townhouse Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights Statue of Liberty Sunset over the Statue of Liberty (on the left) Manhattan skyline (from Brooklyn Heights) Manhattan skyline (from NJ I think) Manhattan- Ground Zero in the distance (taken Nov. 01)

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]]> Sun Jul 3 2005 high school (Choate, 1976-80) and college (Wesleyan 1980-83) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c597267.html Both Choate and Wesleyan are in Connecticut. For more info, photos etc. go to www.choate.edu and www.wesleyan.edu Wednesday 29 June 2005: Both Choate and Wesleyan are in Connecticut. For more info, photos etc. go to www.choate.edu and www.wesleyan.edu

Wesleyan dorm (where I lived 1981-2) Wesleyan dorm (where I lived 1980-81, 1982-83) Wesleyan administration buildings Wesleyan administration building Wesleyan library Choate arts center Choate dorm (where I lived in 9th grade) Beginning of Choate campus Choate dorm (where I lived 12th grade)

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]]> Wed Jun 29 2005 fort smith (1988-90) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534503.html fort smith (1988-90) Tuesday 10 May 2005: fort smith (1988-90)

Irish Maid Donuts on Towson Avenue- best donuts I ever had My office My apt bldg (1989-90) on 5th and Garrison downtown U.S. Courthouse/Post Office (where I worked) Where the other half lives (I visited here while looking for apartments, counted umpteen roaches in five minutes) Chickens being raised just 10 blocks north of downtown Arkansas River (separating Fort Smith and Moffett, OK) Moffett, OK- poor little town across river from Ft. Smith; only seven blocks long or so, the main street is gravel, and the side streets are dirt Eureka Springs- grave of anti-Semitic agitator Gerald L.K. Smith, active in 50s (good mini-bio at http://www.davidmargolis.com/article.php?id=31&cat_fp=0&cat_cc=6 ) Eureka Springs- I give Mr. Smith the finger Texarkana Protestors (between state and federal courthouses); I think they were Tony Alamo's followers (alamoministries.com) protesting some litigation that didn't go their way Mountainburg- Dinosaurs still roam Arkansas Mountainburg City Hall- I photographed this because it was so grim looking The Downtown Ft. Smith- Old street wall Rendering plant office 10 or 12 blocks north of downtown (rendering plant stank up downtown pretty often, unfortunately) Blacksmith in Moffett, OK (poor rural town across river from Ft. Smith) Downtown Ft. Smith- 19th c. house of ill repute turned 20th c. restaurant My first Fort Smith apt. (1988)- about 10 blocks east of downtown (16th and South E, maybe?) Downtown Fort Smith- Garrison Avenue Motel where I stayed at when I first came to Ft. Smith (Downtown) Downtown Ft. Smith- 6th and Garrison, tall buildings (about 12 stories) Downtown Ft. Smith- 5th and Garrison; I spent a lot of time at Angelo's Downtown Ft. Smith- rediscovering the parking garage You mean people need SIGNS to be told not to bring their guns to the courthouse? (Little Rock federal courthouse) Somehow, in most of the country the phrases Y City (more of a rest stop than a city, somewhere between Ft. Smith and Texarkana)-not sure what the deal is with the painted trees but thought it was photogenic

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]]> Tue May 10 2005 st. louis (1990-91, when I didn't like photography as much) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534502.html st. louis (1990-91, when I didn't like photography as much) Tuesday 10 May 2005: st. louis (1990-91, when I didn't like photography as much)

Truman grave (I realize this is in Independence, about 300 miles away - but photo has to go somewhere) Truman museum exhibit Clayton's downtown Central West End- fairly well off area 3 miles west of downtown Coral Court (go to coralcourt.com for more info- basically a no-tell motel with Art Deco architecture) South St. Louis- Dutchtown house- note the pink trim South St. Louis- Clifton Heights (note the bricked up lawn to avoid yard work) Ted Drewes (www.teddrewes.com) South St. Louis- Italian Area known as Um, shouldn't that be SPEED Queen? (University City, an inner ring suburb) YAAD sale? (Benton Park, working class part of South St. Louis) Where I worked (former federal courthouse downtown) Downtown (note Gateway Arch in the distance) Clayton (an affluent inner ring suburb) My apt. building- entrance My apartment building - the nicest place I've ever lived (in Central West End) My apt. building My apt. building- the lobby South St. Louis- St. Louis Hills (most upscale area in South City, home of Ted Drewes as well) South St. Louis- St. Louis Hills South St. Louis- St. Louis Hills Anheuser-Busch plant (in Benton Park, a traditionally white working class area) South St. Louis- Dutchtown (originally German; South St. Louis (traditionally white, working class part of city)- Carondelet Central West End mansions

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]]> Tue May 10 2005 miami (1992-94) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534501.html miami (1992-94) Tuesday 10 May 2005: miami (1992-94)

Little Havana- mural in front of Casablanca (Cuban restaurant with menu of Biblical length) Only in Miami- auto dealership catering to Nicaraguans (Little Havana) Little Havana- Domino Park (exactly what it sounds like, a park limited to domino players, mostly old Cuban men) cigars, anyone? Little Havana- Bay of Pigs memorial Sweetwater (Nicaraguan suburb) Sweetwater shopping center (Nicaraguan-oriented businesses; Managua is the capital of Nicaraguan) Sweetwater steakhouse owned by relatives of Somoza (the Nicaraguan dictator in the 60s and 70s) Kendall (garden variety South Dade suburb) Corset Corner Coral Gables (affluent inner suburb) Coral Gables business district Little Haiti greyhound racing Parrot Jungle (where parrots do tricks) Hialeah racetrack (not sure it's still open) pink flamingos (at Hialeah racetrack) Coconut Grove house Coconut Grove (intown neighborhood- well off, but near pockets of poverty) Only in Miami- Ronald McDonald waving Cuban flag Metrorail station My apt (a few blocks south of downtown, near 15th and Brickell) My apartment- the view; water is Biscayne Bay, buildings are mostly condos My apartment- the living room Downtown Miami (view from my apt parking lot) A few blocks west of downtown, near Brickell Metrorail stop (an immigrant slum when I lived there, gentrifying today I think) Downtown Miami- south end of Brickell Avenue Lao Tzu (my roommate's Shih Tzu) Merritt and Dorothy (my roommate's ferrets) Merritt (one of my roommate's ferrets) Merritt helps with the groceries Samantha (one of my roommate's ferrets) Samantha goes exploring Miami Beach Miami Beach Dorset (hotel where my parents honeymooned in 1951; just renovated) Dorset in black and white Miami Beach - Collins Avenue Miami Beach- the Fountainbleu (one of the nicer hotels) Miami Beach- the Chelsea and Clinton hotels (too bad there isn't a Hillary hotel!) Miami Beach small hotel My office at U. of Miami School of Law My office - the exterior Only in Miami- an enormous selection of South American sodas Only in Miami- Pizza and Salvadorean food at the same place Shrine to Reagan at La Esquina de Tejas (Little Havana restaurant where he ate while campaigning) Only in Miami- an umbrella in the sun Hialeah racetrack Unisex cafeteria Miami Lakes (suburb)

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]]> Tue May 10 2005 Washington, DC (1986-88, 94-96, 2005-06) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534500.html Washington, DC (1986-88, 94-96, 2005-06) Tuesday 10 May 2005: Washington, DC (1986-88, 94-96, 2005-06)

Foggy Bottom rowhouses My Foggy Bottom apt, starting 7-21-05 My Foggy Bottom apt (in black and white) George Washington Univ. law school (where I will be teaching 2005-06) 1111 20th St- another view Old Town Alexandria- the view from the King St. Metro Old Town Alexandria (the historic part of this Va. inner ring suburb; Alexandria existed before the District of Columbia, and was first settled in the mid 18th c.) Old Town Alexandria Old Town Alexandria- a residential street Old Town Alexandria- one of the older houses (mid 18th c. I think) Old Town Alexandria- one of the older houses Brookland (a diverse area, in NE DC near Catholic Univ.) Brookland house Brookland street Clarendon (a neighborhood in Arlington) Clarendon near the metro Clarendon at the metro Clarendon residential street Clarendon house (built in 20s) C & O Canal (between DC and Potomac River, at northern tip of District) Georgetown- one of my shuls (Kesher Israel, 28 and N) Columbia Heights- a heavily Hispanic, beginning-to-gentrify neighborhood a few miles north of downtown Watergate Columbia Heights street scene Washington Monument at dusk White House with squirrel in front Kennedy Center Downtown near Farragut West metro Federal building near Fed Center SW metro- sterility incarnate? Supreme Court Capitol Hill neighborhood (Pennsylvania Ave SE near Eastern Market) Capitol Hill neighborhood Capitol Hill neighborhood Capitol Hill neighborhood Georgetown Capitol Hill neighborhood Supreme Court close-up Capitol close-up My Foggy Bottom apt- view from the window (Red Cross office to the left, another apartment house to the right) Oldest house in DC (on far right)- Old Stone House in Georgetown, built in 1765 Dupont Circle seagulls Rockville (Md) near Twinbrook metro- drab industrial area Rockville (Md) near Twinbrook metro- drab commercial street Ford's Theater (where Lincoln got shot) Lincoln Memorial Wheaton- inner suburb with lots of Hispanics and also big Orthodox Jewish community (for those of you from Atlanta, kind of a cross between Toco Hills and Buford Highway, with a tilt to the latter) Petworth- a fairly poor area, though near some gentrifying ones like Columbia Heights Wheaton (a Md. inner ring suburb) Petworth- Georgia Avenue Dupont Circle rowhouses

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]]> Tue May 10 2005 cleveland (1996-97) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534499.html A slightly outdated guide to these neighborhoods and others can be found at http://members.tripod.com/~lewyn/index.htmautofree A less opinionated, but less outdated, guide can be found at http://www.nhlink.net (click on "Neighborhood Tour" link and nearby links). Tuesday 10 May 2005: A slightly outdated guide to these neighborhoods and others can be found at http://members.tripod.com/~lewyn/index.htmautofree A less opinionated, but less outdated, guide can be found at http://www.nhlink.net (click on "Neighborhood Tour" link and nearby links).

Downtown- my apt. (the Chesterfield, 12 @ Chester) Downtown- Tower City (downtown mall) Downtown- Public Square (pocket park that separates city into E and W sides) Downtown- Warehouse District (just W of Public Square, a residential and entertainment area) West Side Market in Ohio City- full of treats, mostly Eastern Europe-oriented Cleveland's industrial heritage Tremont - Ukrainian museum Tremont (gentrifying area on Near West Side) Little Italy (on E edge of city) Little Italy Little Italy Downtown- my apt, viewed from Euclid Avenue at dusk) Yugoslav area at St. Clair/E 50s and 60s (well, formerly Yugoslav area; now majority black but still a few Yugoslav-oriented stores) Yugoslav area Yugoslav area (64 @ St. Clair) interestingly colored house in Collinwood (far E side of city on Lake Erie; working class, racially mixed) West Park (only homogenously middle class part of city; a few miles W of downtown) Cleveland Halloween West Park Slavic Village (a Polish area), at southern fringe of city Slavic Village houses Slavic Village grocery Downtown- my apt. viewed from the north Polka Hall of Fame in Euclid France or Euclid? You guess Euclid restaurant Euclid- a working class inner suburb Euclid house Only in Cleveland (Euclid) Cleveland Heights kosher store Cleveland Heights- Taylor Road (the main street of Orthodox Jewry in the inner suburbs) I clown around Cleveland Heights- a heavily Jewish and heavily black inner ring suburb Shaker Heights- an inner suburb with some fabulously wealthy areas (and others not so nice at all) Shaker Heights mansion Rapid stop in Shaker Heights- no real stations, just tracks Beachwood- a heavily Jewish second ring suburb Beachwood Pepper Pike- an outer suburb, a bit richer than any inner suburb, not as rich as Gates Mills Hunting Valley Hunting Valley- a suburb even richer than Gates Mills Downtown- Halle Building at 12th and Euclid - where I worked (former site of dept. store, now offices- in fact, Drew Carey show set there) Gates Mills street Gates Mills house Gates Mills- a very rich outer suburb (NOTE: this sort of anti-pedestrian design much less common in Cleveland than in Atlanta; in Cleveland you have to go out to Gates Mills to find this sort of thing, in Atlanta you can find it intown) Chagrin Falls- a Chagrin Falls homes Chagrin Falls nanny school Only in Cleveland (though unfortunately Parma Pierogies went out of business) Zero Zest- a fitting name for lots of places in Cleveland

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]]> Tue May 10 2005 Buffalo and environs (including Niagara Falls) - where I lived 1997-99 http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534496.html For more information on the neighborhoods mentioned on this page, go to http://members.tripod.com/~lewyn/afg.html Tuesday 10 May 2005: For more information on the neighborhoods mentioned on this page, go to http://members.tripod.com/~lewyn/afg.html

Where I worked (HSBC Building- the tall one in the background) Beth Zion (my synagogue) Old First Ward- 19th c. Irish working class area just south of downtown, near grain elevators Proof that Buffalonians love learning Elmwood strip area house - near my apt, 3 miles north of downtown Elmwood stirp area house (Lexington Avenue) Elmwood Avenue shopping district (upscale intown area, 3 miles north of downtown) Amigone funeral home- great name! Rust Belt Books (near Elmwood) Millard Fillmore (buried in Forest Lawn cemetery near Elmwood Strip; the great thing about Buffalo is that you can be buried in the same nice neighborhood you live in) Allentown (Bohemian area a mile or two north of downtown) Delaware Tower (where I lived, Delaware at Lexington) Allentown Lower West Side (Puerto Rican area just northwest of downtown) Lower West Side beauties Delaware Park area mansion Frank Lloyd Wright house (Darwin Martin house near Delaware Park, about 4 or 5 miles north of downtown) Delaware Park mansion The city animal Black Rock (poor white area about 4 or 5 miles NW of downtown) Black Rock South Buffalo (lower middle class Irish area at southern fringe of city) Delaware Tower- another view South Buffalo Choate Avenue (in South Buffalo)- a street with the same name as my high school (which, however, was not in Buffalo) Mural in South Buffalo Broadway Market (Polish oriented market in East Side, which was once Polish, now mostly African-American) Broadway Market Cheektowaga (heavily Polish inner ring suburb, developed in 50s) Cheektowaga Cheektowaga Kenmore (older inner ring suburb) Lake Erie Amherst (well off sprawl burb) Amherst Niagara Falls- the Falls Niagara Falls- the Falls Niagara Falls- the Falls Niagara Falls- the Falls Niagara Falls butterfly conservatory Niagara Falls- barrel that someone used to go over falls in (and lived!) Downtown skyline Central Terminal (deserted railroad station on East Side) Central Terminal Kenmore (Delaware Avenue) Amherst C;arence (newest, richest sprawl burb) Clarence subdivision Niagara Falls- the Falls Niagara Falls- Canadian side

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]]> Tue May 10 2005 philadelphia (2003-04) http://atlantaphotos.fotopic.net/c534495.html philadelphia (2003-04) Tuesday 10 May 2005: philadelphia (2003-04)

Center City (around 12th and Locust) Alley street built in 1750s Mikveh Israel cemetery (Revolutionary War financier Haym Solomon in front) 19th St. near Walnut Amtrak station (inside) Amtrak station (outside) Art Museum Liberty Bell Ben Franklin's grave Benjamin Franklin Bridge (from Camden to Phila) Betsy Ross's house Boathouse Row Bryn Mawr (Main Line commuter train suburb) Bryn Mawr block Bryn Mawr house Burlington, NJ Camden, NJ (slummy small town where I worked 2003-04) Camden (just below bridge, just north of Rutgers/Camden campus) Camden Camden Northeast Philadelphia (Castor Ave.) Center City sunrise NW Phila- Chestnut Hill (wealthy area about 6 miles from downtown) NW Phila- Chestnut Hill Chinatown Arch Chinatown City Hall Delaware River NW Phila- East Falls (neighborhood with some wealthy blocks, others less so) Elfreth's Alley (oldest street in city; first building in 1713) Elfreth's Alley Fairmount Park/Schuylkill River NW Phila- Falls near East Falls/Manayunk fountain near City Hall (note coloring) Site of 1856 Republican convention (around 8th and Walnut?) Germantown (historic) Germantown (slummy) Graduate Towers (where I lived during law school in mid 80s, at 36th and Chestnut near Penn) Haddonfield, NJ (another commuter train suburb, very nice, wealthy etc) Haddonfield, NJ Independence Hall Independence Hall South Philadelphia - Italian Market Kensington and Allegheny logo at Allegheny subway stop Kensington - a poor, ethnically mixed area Levittown Levittown (50s suburb- on train line but more car oriented than Bryn Mawr) Levittown Levittown NW Phila- Manayunk (about 6 miles or so from downtown; gentrifying)

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