By Vladimir Brezina
From no direction is it as obvious that Manhattan is an island as from the south.
Clear across the Upper Bay the ramparts of Manhattan draw the eye.
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Sometimes Manhattan is a fantastical mirage that we paddle toward again and again…
… sometimes it shimmers in the sunset and is gone as the last light fades.
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... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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