#americandiaries

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[prashanthvishwanathan]

In 1947 Indra Devi opened a yoga studio in Hollywood. Her three popular books had housewives from New Jersey to Texas standing on their heads in their bedrooms. She was the first Westerner to study with Sri Krishnamacharya and the first to bring his lineage to the West. He went on to become the grandfather of American yoga; his students included B.K.S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and T.K.V. Desikachar. - From History of Yoga in America .#americandiaries #hikaricreative #newyork (at BushwicKitchen Dinner)

[prashanthvishwanathan]

"I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” – Bruce Gilden. #americandiaries #hikaricreative #newyork

[prashanthvishwanathan]

"Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo." - (Desmond Morris). Trees grow up to become high rises in NYC. #americandiaries #hikaricreative (at ICP)

[prashanthvishwanathan]

When historians will speak about city systems of the 19th and 20 th centuries they will be a huge section purely dedicated to the New York subway system. A coiled underground beast it transports millions of commuters just blocks away from their destination! Truly an marvelous piece of engineering!#americandiaries #hikaricreative (at New York, New York)

[prashanthvishwanathan]

Wine conversations on a terrace ... New York you are the best! #americandiaries #everydaynewyork (at Jackson heights 74th St)

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"Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud. No other city is so spitefully incoherent."James Baldwin. Models from #CalvinKlein pose for an image while the city welcomes Pope Francis visiting later this week! #americandiaries #instagramphotoville (at Pennsylvania Station)

[prashanthvishwanathan]

Today the venue of #photoville had an pivotal role in U.S. History... In 1642 the first ferry landing opened on the land that is now Brooklyn Bridge Park's Empire Fulton Ferry section. Soon after a thriving trading economy developed into a small town called "het Veer," meaning "the Ferry".As het Veer grew throughout the 17th century, it became known as the "Road to the Ferry". On August 29, 1776, het Veer served as a crucial strategic location for George Washington and the Continental Army in the American Revolution's Battle of Long Island. In the middle of the night, George Washington and his men evaded the British Army, who were quickly gaining upon the Continental Army, by escaping across the East River to Manhattan. #americandiaries (at Brooklyn Bridge Park)