Guest cure tor on this exhibit. I was a photographer myself and photographed a lot of politicians. Starting with nixon. Governor brown in california. And john f. Kennedy. Many of the events he was present at and tragically i was in dallas when he was assassinated. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . Well, its the centennial of his birth. A hundred years ago he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together, where do you start . First you start with a few researchers. And we collected actually 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months. And it became the basis of a very important book. That we published with harper collins. And from those 35,000 pictures and the 400 some odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of his life and times. Jfk was a modern president. And john f. Kennedy was one that saw america place in the world. He was a man who understood history. He served in worl
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The Bittersweet Tale of a Diner, a Toy Shop and a Changing New York
One is expanding. One is closing. But not all is lost.
Pamela Pier, the owner of Dinosaur Hill, has worked next to Tom Birchard, left, and his son Jason, right, the owners of Veselka, since 1983.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
By Linda Dyett
Dec. 11, 2020
Over time, certain city blocks become niche shopping and dining hubs, destinations that are quintessentially New York, marked by local history and personalities, while defining the broader neighborhood.
Consider the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East Ninth Street in the East Village in Manhattan. There, an unassuming oblong building has long been home to two neighborhood stalwarts: the whimsical toy shop Dinosaur Hill and its next-door neighbor, the Ukrainian restaurant Veselka.