Monthly Archives: July 2017

After tragic fire in historic synagogue: Shared space or hyper-gentrification?

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Doug Cumming

Story and photos by Doug Cumming NEW YORK — An abandoned synagogue that for 120 years housed New York’s oldest Eastern European Jewish congregation was not noticed much – until it lit up the sky last May. The flames that pillared … Continue reading →

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Rounding Manhattan

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Doug Cumming

The tourists sitting in rows on the top deck of the docked Circle Line Manhattan waited to be entertained, and at $41 per adult ticket, $27 for children, it better be good. “Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls,” a brassy … Continue reading →

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Tweeting BLM event in Brooklyn

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Doug Cumming

Took subway to end of the line on Flatbush Avenue  to cover a Black Lives Matter rally on the two-year anniversary of jail-cell death of Sandra Bland in Texas. Douglas Cumming @cummingd Jul 13 Flatbush and Nostrand, Brooklyn Douglas Cumming … Continue reading →

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“Kid Pro Quo” – headline in NY Daily News

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Doug Cumming

A class exercise, after viewing White House news conference of July 11. Photos and story by Doug Cumming President Trump, who had repeatedly dismissed “the Russia thing” as a hoax and sour grapes, faced dramatic evidence to the contrary yesterday. … Continue reading →

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