Periwinkles in January

A periwinkle flower (Vinca minor) blooms in a front yard in Point Breeze, taking advantage of a short thaw.

 

Frick Park Gateway in the Snow

 

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The gateway to Frick Park at the Homewood Avenue circle, as it appeared in the gently falling snow this morning.

Frick Park Gatehouse

In the early evening, the Frick Park gatehouse at Reynolds Street and Homewood Avenue seems like the portal to an enchanted forest.

Museum as Art

The Frick Art Museum in Point Breeze was built as a home for Helen Clay Frick’s art collection. It’s a small collection, but chosen with good taste–a Boucher here, a Reynolds there, and a roomful of priceless medieval religious art. The building itself is less than forty years old, but the timeless design could easily have been a Renaissance palace.

A Proper School

 

The Linden Avenue School in Point Breeze. Learning must be something beautiful and important if it takes place in a building like this.