chanda and i arrived at third street fifteen minutes early this morning. i was rewarded by seeing steve's repertory class performing their annual spring outdoor concert in the courtyard.i'm always thoroughly amused these days at how we live through our phones and cameras . .
the kids were great. i hope they enjoyed it as much as we did. (you can hear chanda playing in 2009 here).
chanda and i pass this sign every saturday morning on our way to third street. eleanor roosevelt supposedly "resided" here during the years 1933 to 1942. These were also the years FDR was president, so i'm not sure how often she was here . . i suppose during nyc visits.
she grew up on west 37th street (until she was eight), and taught at the dalton school on the east side, and also worked at the united nations, so she lived off and on in manhattan for a number of years. i'll have to read a biography to find out the details.
Outdoor concerts are always so lovely!
ReplyDeleteInteresting about Eleanor Roosevelt. Any plans about going up to Hyde Park yet?
ReplyDeleteumm . . no! but i'm going to write a note to myself to figure out when in the morning! morgana would like us to also visit eleanor's uncle's place: sagamore hill. wish you could meet us at hyde park!
DeleteToo bad that it's almost 6 hours to Hyde Park from here, same distance as to NYC! I have never been to Sagamore Hill. One of these days . . . We still need to travel to NYC to get German passports, though, but haven't made any plans yet.
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