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On the Dakota, an historic apartment building, in Manhattan, New York City. Scanned 35mm negative (5V002)

Manhattan, New York City. Scanned 35mm negative (5W016)

In 2015, by using Google Street View to walk the same route I took through the streets of Rome when I took this photo in 1994, I have finally pinpointed the location of this building and found its history. It is located at 3 Via di Capa le Case. It was built in the early 18th Century and is known by various names - the Centini Toni building after the second and third owners (Count Felice Centini and the Toni family), Toni Palace, and House of the Puppets because of the caryatids that frame its five second story windows. Both Centini and the Toni family did restoration work on the building. A plaque on the wall visible from Google Street View reads PROPRIETA TONI with the Roman Numerals MDCCXCIII below and underneath that RESTAURATA MDCCCLXXXVI. The first date,1793 is the date it was acquired by the Toni family and the second, 1886, the date it was restored by the family. Rome, Italy. Scanned 35mm negative (E006)

Manhattan, New York City. Scanned 35mm negative (5W015 )

In 2015, by using Google Street View to walk the same route I took through the streets of Rome when I took this photo in 1994, I have finally pinpointed the location of this building and found its history. It is located at 3 Via di Capa le Case. It was built in the early 18th Century and is known by various names - the Centini Toni building after the second and third owners (Count Felice Centini and the Toni family), Toni Palace, and House of the Puppets because of the caryatids that frame its five second story windows. Both Centini and the Toni family did restoration work on the building. A plaque on the wall visible from Google Street View reads PROPRIETA TONI with the Roman Numerals MDCCXCIII below and underneath that RESTAURATA MDCCCLXXXVI. The first date,1793 is the date it was acquired by the Toni family and the second, 1886, the date it was restored by the family. Rome, Italy. Scanned 35mm negative (E009)

New York City - The playground is in Central Park on the south side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was donated by the Irving and Estelle Levy Foundation in Memory of Irving Levy in 1951. Scanned 35mm negative (2T006)

In the old Frieda Schiff Warburg Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Brooklyn Museum. The objects in this garden were architectural embellishments saved when the buildings they were on were demolished or updated. I absolutely loved this garden. The garden was dismantled in 2000. Later, a new garden, the Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, was installed with some of the objects from the original garden. Not having returned since the new garden was installed, I do not know whether this is among those in the new garden. My understanding is that many pieces in the original garden have not been used in the new one and that many have been or may be sold. Scanned 35mm negative (1Y002)

California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. Scanned 35m negative. (sf10-009)

Califormia Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Scanned 35mm negative. (sf10-008)

On a building in Manhattan, New York City. Scanned 35mm negative (5X015)

In the old Frieda Schiff Warburg Memorial Sculpture Garden at the Brooklyn Museum. The objects in this garden were architectural embellishments saved when the buildings they were on were demolished or updated. I absolutely loved this garden. The garden was dismantled in 2000. Later, a new garden, the Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, was installed with some of the objects from the original garden. Not having returned since the new garden was installed, I do not know whether this is among those in the new garden. My understanding is that many pieces in the original garden have not been used in the new one and that many have been or may be sold. Scanned 35mm negative (1Y003)

Roof boss in the nave of York Minster depicts medieval knights. York, North Yorkshire, England. Scanned 35mm negative. (Eng-16016)

Buckingham Palace, London, England. Scanned 35mm negative. (Eng-25006)

Located in TriBeCa on West Broadway at Varick and Franklin Streets, the crown, a 2,500-pound replica of the Statue of Liberty, was the creation of a Spanish artist named Antoni Miralda (the real crown has 7 spikes). It was created in the mid '80's to grace the roof of a tapas bar named El International which later became a restaurant named El Teddy's. For years, a picture of it appeared on the opening credits of "Saturday Night Live." Now, both the restaurant and the crown. Manhattan, New York City, New York. Scanned 35mm negative. (2S025)

In the 40's, I was given a lovely book titled Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. So I was delighted when years later I came across this statue in Kensington Gardens. Kensington Gardens, London, England. Scanned 35mm negative. (Eng-25017)

Iggy, the iguana, first displayed at Niagra Falls, reigned over the Lone Star Cafe, a popular country western music showcase on Lower 5th Avenue at the corner of 13th Street in New York City, for many years beginning in 1977. He had, at the time this photo was taken, seen better days. The 40 foot long, 2,600 pound statue was the creation of Bob "Daddy-O" Wade. After the demise of the Lone Star Cafe in 1989, Iggy went on an odvssey. First purchased by Virginians and put on display at their farm, in 1997, he was bought back by Wade and Monk White and put on display at Pier 25 in Tribeca. Two years later he was bought by Wade's patron, Lee Bass, moved to the Fort Worth, Texas area, and stored in a barn for over 10 years. Fortunately for Iggy his story did not end there. In 2007, the Fort Worth Zoo began work on a new exhibit, a herpetarium to be known as the Museum of Living Art (MOLA). As luck would have it, Bass's wife was a co-chairwoman of the zoo's board. The idea of installing Iggy, who combined both themes, a reptile and object of art, arose. Bass agreed to loan Iggy to the zoo for everyone to enjoy. After extensive rehab work, including restoration of his tail, missing in this photo, Iggy, now a vibrant green color, was installed with much fanfare on the roof of the MOLA building on June 1, 2010. To see Iggy in all his present glory, search Flickr or go to the Fort Worth Zoo site at www.fortworthzoo.org/iggy/ . Scanned 35mm negative. (1V019)

In the 40's, I was given a lovely book titled Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. So I was delighted when years later I came across this statue in Kensington Gardens. London, England. Scanned 35mm negative. (Eng-25020)

Balto was a half wolf, half Siberian Husky sled dog, that lead a team, mushed by Gunnar Kassen, on the last leg of a pony express type relay involving more than 20 teams which delivered diphtheria anti-toxin serum over a 674 mile run through blizzards and extremely cold weather to Nome, Alaska in 1925, where an outbreak of the disease was raging. This life-sized bronze statue of the dog by Frederick G.R. Roth was installed in New York's Central Park in December 1925 in honor of this feat. In 1973, the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was organized to commemorate the event. Balto, later was sold as a vaudeville act, cared for poorly, eventually rescued, and lived out the remainder of his life in the Cleveland Zoo in Ohio. After death, he was sent to a taxidermist, mounted, and donated to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History where he remains today; although, Alaska has petitioned for his return to be displayed at the Iditarod Museum in Wasilla. Scanned 35mm negative. (2U009)