After walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, veer right and climb slightly to Brooklyn Heights. On Henry Street, find a terrific address:
Make your way to the former home of Thomas Wolfe, 40 Verandah Place:
Continue on to 31 Grace Court to see where Arthur Miller lived while he penned Death of a Salesman:
Around the corner, observe the former boarding house (20 Remsen Street) where Norman Mailer finished The Naked and the the Dead:
Though living in a boarding house, Miller must have been inspired when he stepped outside and saw the waterfront:
It’s strangely satisfying to search out the residences of literary greats, take a picture and think about the authors living and writing there.
Return to Manhattan on the ferry:
This reminds me that all places are exotic, just maybe to someone else. Like your Lima pics contained locals with cell phones to their ears, maybe oblivious to the beauty of their own hometown. Makes me want to take another look at the Dallas Metroplex with “visitor’s eyes.”
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Oh, yes, and I’ve learned to look at things locally from Leanne Cole and Sethsnap, two awesome photographer bloggers.
http://leannecolephotography.com/2013/02/23/in-this-direction-or-that-direction/
Thanks, Denise!
Nia
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