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Jon Perroni

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Jon Perroni is an endurance athlete, explorer, storyteller, and student of esoteric traditions whose work is inspired by a lifelong passion for the outdoors, conservation, and the enduring relationship between people and the natural world. A graduate of Fordham University with a degree in anthropology, he combines academic curiosity with firsthand experience exploring diverse landscapes through endurance sports. Jon serves as a captain of Midnight Runners NYC, part of a global running community that has fostered meaningful international connections through movement and adventure. He is also a member of The Explorers Club, maintains membership in several private societies dedicated to the study of philosophy and esoteric traditions, and contributes to citizen science initiatives that support environmental research. As a Production Aid at Silent Flight Studios, he helps bring stories of wildlife, conservation, and exploration to life through documentary filmmaking.
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Cat boxes on Commercial

Brooklyn, New York

Commercial Street Cat Village

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Manhattan Avenue Street End Park

Brooklyn, New York

Manhattan Avenue Street End Park

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

North Brooklyn Boat Club

Brooklyn, New York

North Brooklyn Boat Club

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

Brooklyn, New York

Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Street sign for Edgar Allan Poe Street

New York, New York

Edgar Allan Poe Street

A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Notice the magic carpet rider can be seen in the top right.

New York, New York

Flying Carpet Over Isfahan

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

Jackals, marabou stork, and raven awaiting their turn.

New York, New York

Scavenger Taxidermy Diorama

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

The okapi diorama.

New York, New York

Okapi Taxidermy Diorama

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

Blockhouse No. 1

New York, New York

Blockhouse No. 1

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Alice, the Queen of Hearts, and the Mad Hatter on the fountain.

New York, New York

Sophie Loeb Fountain

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

Manhattan schist

New York, New York

Hallett Nature Sanctuary

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

New York, New York

Day & Meyer, Murray & Young

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

A bronze fast of a female face atop a pedestal with a lighthouse in the background

New York, New York

Girl Puzzle Monument

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

Welling Court Mural Project

Queens, New York

The Welling Court Mural Project

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Locks on the Pont des Arts
Permanently Closed

Paris, France

Paris Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The Bouquinistes sell vintage postcards and posters, too.

Paris, France

The Bouquinistes of Paris

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Le Chat Noir.

Paris, France

Le Chat Noir Collection

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Statue of Liberty at Pont du Grenelle

Paris, France

Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The dragon clinging to the side of the building.

Munich, Germany

Wurmeck

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Personal gadgets for sale in Akihabara around 2008.

Tokyo, Japan

Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The Berlin Victory Column.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Victory Column

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Tempelhof postcard, ca early 1960's

Berlin, Germany

Tempelhof Airport

Berlin's old airport.

The 'Stand By Me' Tree.

Berlin, Germany

'Stand By Me' Tree

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

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