Roger Clark

1 week ago | ny1.com | Roger Clark

A pyramid of sunflowers, surrounded by real sunflowers and other plants, is now on display at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.  The interactive sculptures on the Conservatory Lawn, which actually move, are the work of French artist Cyril Lancelin.

2 weeks ago | ny1.com | Roger Clark

Melvin Davis made his way through Central Park around 9:15 a.m. on a recent morning, at a time when dogs are not permitted off-leash. He drove up to a woman near the park's Turtle Pond whose dog was running around freely. "Good morning. Friendly reminder, all dogs must be on leash at this time," he said politely to the dog owner.

2 weeks ago | ny1.com | Roger Clark

Roz Goldfarb transformed her Upper West Side apartment’s den into an art studio. The 89-year-old spends a lot of her time there working on still-lives, portraits and more.  “I would rather be sitting here listening to classical music and working away rather than doing anything else,” Goldfarb said.

3 weeks ago | ny1.com | Roger Clark

There's a school named for him. A playground. There used to be a hospital with his name, but that became St. John's, and now it's apartments and retail. And of course, there is the road: the Horace Harding Expressway, also known as the Long Island Expressway Service Road. So, who the heck was Horace Harding? What You Need To KnowBorn in 1863 James Horace Harding was a wealthy banker, businessperson and art collector who was friends with another well known art collector, Henry Clay Frick.

3 weeks ago | ny1.com | Roger Clark

Something new and green is happening on a block in Queens Village. On a warm May morning, a Parks Department crew planted a variety of 17 trees. It's a block that literally had no street trees at all, which was an issue.