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A Day at the Track: Aqueduct, 1972
by Larry Racioppo 09/29/2023Neighborhood: Aqueduct, Queens
I hope I break even – I could use the money.– overheard at Aqueduct Early in 1972 I went to Aqueduct racetrack with my father and my Uncle Nick. They had the day off, and I had a new telephoto lens that I wanted to try out. I wasn’t doing much of anything back then […]
Ash Wednesday: Brooklyn
by Larry Racioppo 03/02/2022Neighborhood: South Brooklyn
February 13, 1975 Yesterday shot a roll of people leaving Ash Wednesday church. Should be good. Since the front entrance was locked due to snow, only exit available was small side one. The walk is only about four feet wide, but only two feet were shoveled. So…people had to go by me. I swear, after […]
The Polaroid Photo
by Susan T. Landry 03/22/2020Neighborhood: Bowery
I have an old Polaroid of Dolores, Roni, and me. I was finally painting my kitchen, after not dealing with it for years. There’s a stepladder slanting diagonally across the snapshot and I am in the center, sitting on the bottom rung, a glass of wine in my hand. Dolores is vamping toward me from […]