Jonny Rodgers and the world of things
The Brooklyn Navy Yard - I’ve long wanted to go. My ancestors Commodore John Rodgers and Commodore Matthew C. Perry both spent considerable amounts of time there. In charge of things, I suppose. The old row houses where the Admirals lived have been left to wrack and ruin, and are soon to be torn down to make way for a supermarket. So it goes. I’ve heard that one house is to be preserved - the one that Perry lived in during his time there. So that’s a silver lining. I often find myself wishing that America would restore and renew instead of destroying and replacing things. At least, restore and renew things that had been beautifully made.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard - I’ve long wanted to go. My ancestors Commodore John Rodgers and Commodore Matthew C. Perry both spent considerable amounts of time there. In charge of things, I suppose. The old row houses where the Admirals lived have been left to wrack and ruin, and are soon to be torn down to make way for a supermarket. So it goes. I’ve heard that one house is to be preserved - the one that Perry lived in during his time there. So that’s a silver lining. I often find myself wishing that America would restore and renew instead of destroying and replacing things. At least, restore and renew things that had been beautifully made.

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  1. seloftheearth reblogged this from jonnyrodgers and added:
    See above, and copy+paste for Governors Island....parents lived there before the Coast...
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