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That feeling when Frank Costello won’t take his [insert profanity, adjective] slot machines out of your  [insert profanity, adjective] city. 

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Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and Fiorello LaGuardia, ca. 1940

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National Geographic: The Power of the Parks. 

At a panel discussion at this year’s Photoville in Brooklyn, National Geographic senior editor Kathy Moran and photographers David Guttenfelder, Charlie Hamilton James, and Erika Larsen took the stage to highlight our May 2016 special issue on Yellowstone National Park and to share our images and stories of how this iconic park shaped their visions about conservation today.

National Geographic has been publishing stories about national parks since 1912. This year, National Geographic commemorates the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks Service with a yearlong series on U.S. and international parks. From the Grand Canyon and Denali to Cuba, Peru, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, we’ll present a photographic vision showing the beauty of parks, the challenges they face, and what parks mean to all of us.

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Pride and Prejudice

NEW YORK — Another year, another round of Columbus Day controversy – but this time, with the murmurings of dialogue.

The weekend of October 8, marked federally as Columbus Day and reclaimed by its critics as Indigenous People’s Day, saw competing Midtown events held to remember the historic passage of Christopher Columbus and its consequences, for good and for ill.

The 74th Annual New York Columbus Day Parade, held Monday, October 8, is said to be “the world’s largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture in the United States” by the parade’s organizers, The Columbus Citizens Foundation. The parade featured 35,000 marchers and more than 100 groups. Thousands more turned out for the parade, albeit in lower numbers than previous years.

The parade stretched along 5th Avenue between 44th Street and 72nd Street.

A day earlier, across the park and beneath the eponymous monument in Columbus Circle, a more modest crowd of around 50 gathered to commemorate the 11th annual Indigenous Day of Remembrance, an event dedicated to “honoring our ancestors,” said organizer and activist Tina Eaglewoman Johnson.

“[One day] we hope to see the Columbus Day statue replaced, but it’s really all about honoring our ancestors,” said Johnson, who is of Cherokee and Blackfoot Sioux descent.

The Indigenous Day of Remembrance was begun by Luis Ramos here in New York and has since spread to Chicago and Arecibo, Puerto Rico.  

Earlier in the week, The New York State Board of Historic Preservation voted unanimously to place the statue in the state and national registers for its historic and cultural significance, adding difficulty to any future plans for removal.

The event, which lasted two hours, featured traditional native storytelling, dancing, and prayer rituals.

One of the dancers, Anabel Paez, who emigrated from Mexico ten years ago, emphasized the importance of healing through participation in traditional native culture.

“It was coming to the U.S. that really caused me to seek my identity in the native forms,” said Paez. “We���re trying to pass it on because the indigenous still have a lot of healing to do.”

Columbus Day parade-goers brushed off the criticisms.

“I think it’s a bunch of bulls*** about Columbus,” said an African-American woman named Miss Millie, who waved an Italian flag and shouted encouragements to the parade’s participants.

“You got to tell your own story,” she said. “If you’re going to criticize – do better than them. Don’t hate, increase the peace.”

Miss Millie added that she was married to an Italian.

Another parade goer, David Wachter, attempted to put Columbus’ deeds in context.

“He was a man of his time, and you have to look at what he did like that,” said Wachter. “You can’t expect one man to just completely contradict his era. He was working for the King and Queen of Spain – they would have just sent somebody else.”

Wachter also noted the atrocities of the 20th century as being far more costly to human life.

Still, he said he empathized with critics of the parade, even if he saw no need to cancel the holiday or remove Columbus’ statue.

“It’s an important conversation to have,” he said.

A sentiment Paez said she shared.

“In the end, we’re doing this because it’s more about having a conversation,” she said.

Tina Eaglewoman Johnson, an activist and organizer of the Indigenous Day of Remembrance, displays her event shirt at the 11th Annual Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. Johnson, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, says she has no intention of stopping her activism.

A man dressed as Christopher Columbus watches the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. Controversy around the celebration of Columbus reached its peak last year when a movement to remove the statue from Columbus Circle was ultimately defeated.

Maritza Feliciana Potter, right, holds open a book for her daughter Chastity, left, who reads from it during the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. Potter, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native, calls herself “a walking U.N.,” and said she has helped organize the event for the entirety of its 11-year existence.

Parade participants and members of the media mix along the red carpet portion of the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade route Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade was broadcast on national television through the local ABC-7 affiliate. 

Slogan pins adorn a bag at the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 at Columbus Circle. The event, which is in its 11th year, took place beneath both a statue of Columbus and within walking distance of the Trump International Hotel and Tower.

Police cars brandish an Italian flag as part of the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade featured more than 35,000 participants and more than 100 groups, according to the parade organizers.

A man lays out a flag next to a black and white Puerto Rican flag at the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. The black and white “Borinquen” flag is said to represent resistance and autonomy, according to Maritza Feliciana Potter, one of the event’s organizers.

Italian and American flags fill 5th Avenue during the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade is said to be “the world’s largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture in the United States” by the parade’s organizers, The Columbus Citizens Foundation.

Analis Lopez, a member of the group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, dances during the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 8 in Columbus Circle. Lopez and the Cetiliztli Nauhcampa perform ceremonial rituals and share indigenous dances and songs from Anahuac, Mexico.

Young parade-goers record the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade from the grandstand Oct. 8 in Midtown. The 2018 parade featured official sponsorships from AT&T, Verizon, IBM, and the N.Y. Daily News.

Veronica Raya, member of the group Cetiliztli Nauhcampa, raises a goblet as part of the closing prayer ritual of the Indigenous Day of Remembrance Oct. 7 in Columbus Circle. This is the sixth year the group has participated in the ceremony, drawing from its repertoire of native Mexican cultural practices to raise awareness of the continued plight of indigenous Americans.

Parade-goers strain to record a vocal performance during the 74th Annual Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8 in Midtown. The parade, which has seen attendance surpassing one million people, drew fewer people in 2018 than in previous years.

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Ran into a familiar ponytail while shooting the Columbus Day Parade - metal cross guy from San Gennaro!

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Helene Dutrieu, aviatrix, 1911.

Bain News Service, Publisher. Helene Dutrieu. , 1911. [Sept. 26] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014689699/.

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How to Plan and Construct Modern Store Fronts of Extrudalite and Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Products, 1938

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Design for International Music Hall and Opera House. Interior perspective of Grand Foyer. Hyde Park Corner, London, c.1935 Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, Hood & Fouilhoux, and C. Howard Crane.

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Sirkka Salonen: Miss Finland of 1938, who won that year’s Miss Universe, and was subsequently expelled from her school in Heinola; 1938

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Madrid, Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1933

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View from the Towers of Notre Dame, Paris, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1953

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Chrysler Building Under Construction, Photo by Walker Evans, 1930

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Walker Evans, 41-43 Carmine Street, New York City, 1948.