In effect, it has meant an increased emphasis on the first of the Commission’s two functions, the establishment of a national forest reserve. The failure to understand—or the refusal to face—the implications of this, is responsible for much continual criticism of the Commission, often on the part of otherwise well-informed and well-meaning people. In particular, [...]
Voices from the past echo in the neighborhoods of the borough’s 70 square miles. Canarsie is named for Indians displaced by 17th-century Dutch farmers. Five Dutch communities grew up: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, New Utrecht, and Flatlands. Gravesend was founded by English religious separatist Lady Deborah Moody, who probably lies buried in the original cemetery (I) [...]
UNCLE BILL, as I remember him in the days between the wars, was a large, florid, jovial old gentleman with a kindly heart. Along with this he possessed a taste for strong beer and blonde buxom Ladies of the sort frowned upon by my mother. Hardly the Cupid type, you will think. Yet if it [...]
The daily lives of many modern bats are still a mystery to biologists. But thanks to advanced imaging techniques and the preservation of gut contents and skin outlines, researchers have an astonishingly clear picture of the behavior of Mussel’s seven bat species, the oldest known community of bats in the world. X-ray studies by the [...]