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METROPOLITAN AGENDA
Taking pictures of standpipes, a dancer on the subway in Brooklyn and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Dear Diary,
I’ve been to New York for a layover at home about 40 times in the last 20 years.
I’ve been to all the popular tourist sites at least once and am now content to walk for miles, spending the day crossing the bridges from Brooklyn to Manhattan while the adults work and the children are at school.
On some visits, I decide on a theme for photos to take as I walk. One year it was doors; another it was buildings I found intriguing.
My favorite topic so far has been water fountains, the systems that supply water to a building in the event of a fire. Without them, firefighters would have to manually carry their heavy hoses up flights of stairs.
Most people come across these ubiquitous pillars without knowing what they are called or what they are used for.
Once, about 15 years ago, when I was not yet a grandmother, I crouched in front of the mouth of a fireplace to get a wider angle for my photo.
A young man walking by saw what I was doing.
“It’s art, grandma,” she said.
I guess good looks are in the eyes of the beholder.
— Anna M. Kealoha
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