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Last seven posts

Self-explanatory.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ties In With the Center’s Development 

BRW: Behind the Blind 6

191 St, the MTA’s Deepest Station, is Near Manhattan’s Highest Natural Point

When Broad Channel Serviced the LIRR

28 Street Was the Scene of a Heist in “The Taking of Pelham 123,” with Hector Elizondo

Is Marble Hill-225 St Part of the Bronx or Manhattan?

The R Train Ends At Bay Ridge-95 St, But Doesn’t Extend Into Staten Island 

New York City

It’s where I’m from. It shaped who I am and how I see the world.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ties In With the Center’s Development

191 St, the MTA’s Deepest Station, is Near Manhattan’s Highest Natural Point

When Broad Channel Serviced the LIRR

28 Street Was the Scene of a Heist in “The Taking of Pelham 123,” with Hector Elizondo

Is Marble Hill-225 St Part of the Bronx or Manhattan?

Music

Mostly rock ‘n’ roll, but other genres too, and not just the musicians.

The Theme to “Hill Street Blues” Was a Hit For Composer Mike Post

“A Taste of Honey” Was For the American Version of a British Play Before Herb Alpert’s Cover

Grady Was a Popular Neighbor on “Sanford and Son,” with a Theme Song by Quincy Jones

Before “Pulp Fiction,” “Miserlou” Had Its Roots in Mediterranean Music

Telstar: The Satellite That Inspired a Pop Song

Books and Writing

Writing is the reason this blog exists, my own and that of others.

BRW: Behind the Blind 6

Five TEERRRRIIFFIICCC Traits of Spiders Learned From “Charlotte’s Web”

The Real Dorothy From “The Wizard of Oz” Was Only Five Months Old

BRW: Behind the Blind 5

Viva Ze Bool! Ferdinand Went to War for Australia

Movies and TV

What I blogged about for ten years before I started BRW.  I still feel a connection to it.

28 Street Was the Scene of a Heist in “The Taking of Pelham 123,” with Hector Elizondo

The Theme to “Hill Street Blues” Was a Hit For Composer Mike Post

“A Taste of Honey” Was For the American Version of a British Play Before Herb Alpert’s Cover

Grady Was a Popular Neighbor on “Sanford and Son,” with a Theme Song by Quincy Jones

Madeline Kahn Was an Alien Freak in “Slapstick of Another Kind,” with Jerry Lewis

Childhood 

Everybody had one. Didn’t you?

Five TEERRRRIIFFIICCC Traits of Spiders Learned From “Charlotte’s Web”

The Real Dorothy From “The Wizard of Oz” Was Only Five Months Old

Viva Ze Bool! Ferdinand Went to War for Australia

Illustrator Beatrix Potter Self-Published Her First Book, “Peter Rabbit”

Five Types of Hess Toy Trucks

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