Sex and the City Parker. Carrie Bradshaw was a writer living in New York City. Carrie Bradshaw and Candace Bushnell have the same initials, a flourish emphasizing their connection. Moreover, just as Carrie Bradshaw has articles for the fictional "New York Star" published as a book in later series, the entire "Sex and the City" series is based on a compilation of Bushnell's own columns for the "New York Observer". "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star wrote the pilot with Parker in mind as Carrie. According to Parker, "I was flattered but didn't want to do it. He convinced me, begged me to
Carrie Steele Logan Oakland Cemetery is inscribed "Mother of Orphans/She hath done what she could." Steele's orphanage is still in operation, now named the Carrie Steele-Pitts Home, on a large campus outside the city. In 1998, Carrie Steele Logan was named as a Georgia Woman of Achievement. There is a bronze bas relief sculpture of Logan on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. Carrie Steele Logan Carrie Steele Logan (born about 1829 – November 1900) was an American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States. Carrie Steele was born into slavery in Georgia in about 1829. She was orphaned as a