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The New Dog Runs at Carl Shurz Park Are Finally Done!

August 1, 2010

So here is one pic from the new big dog run.  Sorry, you can’t see much of it.

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3 Dachs

February 7, 2010

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U.E.S. It-Pigeons Doing It!!

November 28, 2009

Sometimes the Guggenheim tries to make friends with its neighbors – like the time our building complained about construction noise and they invited us to a party with way-too-loud club music for the Aztec exhibition (which was great.)  This summer, for yet to be known reasons, ours and some other nearby buildings were invited to [...]

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NATURE: Chirping in the Dark

April 18, 2009

You know what’s kind of crazy? When you’re drunk, walking home from the subway at 4:55am, it’s still dark out and you’re surrounded by a deafening choir of chirping coming from the cherry blossoms, which you didn’t remember were even there earlier. (87th St. between Park and Lex)

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Some Pics from The Halloween Howl

October 20, 2008

Today, for the first time, I went to the Carl Shurz Park Association’s annual Halloween Howl – a dog-halloween-costume contest. I only caught the last category which was joint costumes for dogs and their owners. Obviously this was my favorite entry although it did not win a prize- Two Hewitt students.

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Another Raccoon Siting

June 5, 2008

It used to kind of be a big deal when you spotted a raccoon in Manhattan and someone would call Animal Control or the police.  Now  we’ve gotten used to them and  one raccoon regularly visits  our building’s back alley.  Some people in our building  believe  a raccoon is responsible for the plant that keeps [...]

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U.E.S. Animals Part Deux: Cats

December 23, 2007

Photos by Rebs

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Raccoon

October 2, 2007

Finally caught the raccoon who I had heard hangs out in our back alley in action.  Around 4am on 10/2/07.

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Animals

August 22, 2007

Here are some animals I’ve passed in the street who have compelled me to stop and take their photo. Part 1: Pigeons This pigeon was so strikingly odd that when I stood up after having been kneeling on the ground looking through the camera for a few minutes, I realized that 5 or 6 people [...]

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