Vienna...in Brooklyn? A Convergence of Tree-Lined Roads

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—In early October, I commemorated the beginning of autumn in this post by grabbing a still frame from the desolate final shot of Carol Reed's The Third Man:

Only recently, though, did I realize that, in my neighborhood, there is actually a visual equivalent to this Viennese setting near my apartment in Brooklyn:

This is a median running along the Eastern Parkway, a stretch of boulevard that runs from Grand Army Plaza to Evergreen Cemetery. I haven't yet walked the full length of the Eastern Parkway, so I'm not sure if tree-lined medians run all the way through...but scrub away the color, and this could be somewhat Third Man-esque, don't you think?

So if anyone is itching to remake The Third Man in New York...well, here's a setting you can use. Not that I'm necessarily encouraging anyone to remake that classic noir, mind you...

Image for the Day: The "Autumn Is Here" Edition

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—

Just because it finally actually feels autumn (last week, despite it being officially autumn, there were days that felt as humid and muggy as a regular summer day), and the first thing that popped into my mind when thinking about autumn was the beautifully resigned final shot of Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949). There's not only a literal chill in the air in that shot, but a human one—fitting for a noir about the depths of human evil and the wreckage that lies in its wake.

I just hope I don't experience such a chill this fall!