‘You Cannot Fly Like an Eagle . . .’

‘The Not-So-Wild Animals of New York’ Book Excerpt

145 East 19th Street. © Frank Mastropolo

“You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.”

— William Henry Hudson

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Frank Mastropolo is the author of The Not-So-Wild Animals of New York: Cute and Scary Sculptures of the Big Apple’s Beasts and The REAL Brooklyn of Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners: The Early Life of the Funniest Man on Television.