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Friday, March 16, 2012
Central Park in Winter 1899
Skating on the lake in Central Park in 1899. Photo from The New Metropolis, 1899.
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It would be nice if we as a culture still had past-times like this instead of sitting in front of computers and I-Pads and 3-D, IMAX screens.
2 comments:
It would be nice if we as a culture still had past-times like this instead of sitting in front of computers and I-Pads and 3-D, IMAX screens.
Some places, people are trying to bring that back:
http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2012/03/20/construction-finally-begins-on-waterfront-fountainice-rink/
(There's been another ice rink down on the Mall for quite a while.)
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