I’m with you on that, his photos have certainly inspired a lot of people to learn more about history. I know some who first found out about him through Old NYC, which is an amazing resource I tell folks about all the time. I’d love to see the NYPL put on an exhibition

Very interesting to learn about the history behind these parades.
Photographer P.L.Sperr took 1930s photographs of Manhattan ragamuffins. Here are some of them.

I adore pictures like these, it’s so great to see their creativity! I’m glad Sperr took these photos to and that we can access them and talk about a really neat tradition. Thanks for sharing them.

I’m sure that it’s even better now and with the leaves fully gone, as that will provide excellent views for curious hikers

Oh that sounds absolutely lovely. I agree wholeheartedly about Prospect Park. In many ways it is more of masterpiece than that *other* park! There are a couple of small waterfalls around that can be accessed via certain trails: www.nycgovparks.org/park-feature...

To be most precise:

It’s off of the Well House Drive, right before it crosses the bridge over the lake.

Aww yeah 💃

Gesundheit!

@swordsjew.bsky.social Ok great! It's on the docket for my next discovering.nyc post and I'll be sure to let you know when I post it

I think it's worth a watch no matter what, but particularly for William Poole playing Daniel Day Lewis playing Bill the Butcher.

Pro tip: generally suspend historical disbelief for much of it, although there are some cool callbacks to actual events that happened.

I’d watch every single one