In 1776, a British soldier wrote of Staten Island: "Surely this country is the Paradise of the world. . . . The inhabitants of this Island are tall, thin, narrow shouldered people, very simple in their manners, and each house has a good farm." Alas, the fifth borough's farmland has long since ceded to suburban development (and its residents are no longer so tall and thin), but there's one place on its agricultural heritage that still flourishes: the Kid's Korral at the Staten Island Zoo.... More »
