David J. Goodwin

YMCA Building at 1421 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA (Courtesy of PhillyHistory.org) While walking along a stretch of Arch Street in Center City Philadelphia during a visit to that city earlier this past summer, I noticed the letters “YMCA” engraved into t…

The view from Poets’ Walk Park in the Hudson River Valley (Photograph by author) Several weeks ago, I traveled to the Hudson River Valley to share a day with my brother and his family.

Charles Burchfield, Church in Early Spring, 1947 (Courtesy of Burchfield Penny Art Center) On this past Sunday, Christians celebrated the resurrection of Jesus.

Charles Burchfield, Winter Sunburst, 1960 (Courtesy of Burchfield Penny Art Center) After several weeks of snow and freezing temperatures, a more seasonable chill has settled over the landscape of the New York City region.

John James Audubon, Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Study for Havell pl. 102, c. 1825 (Courtesy of the New-York Historical) While walking along the sidewalk on a recent chilly morning, the symphonic honking of geese drew my gaze skyward.

Robert Walter Weir, Saint Nicholas, 1837 (Courtesy of the New-York Historical) The holiday season has officially begun.

Jozsef Rippl-Ronai, A Park at Night, c. 1892-1895 (Courtesy of Musée d’Orsay) This week marks two years since Midnight Rambles: H.

Franz Karl Basler-Kopp, Die Schwarze Spinne (Courtesy of Kunstmuseum Luzern) While I was reviewing a book entry in the catalog of the New York Public Library, the platform displayed a short list of suggested titles drawn from subject headings and other me…

A selection from the cover art of To Walk the Night (1937) Nearly a decade ago, my wife and I were enjoying an off-season autumn vacation in storied Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division The most cursory glance at the news headlines stirs up a sense of impending doom regarding the current state of American civic and societal life.