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Viva la Vestibule! Wild West Village Stops at My Door

When you live in a brownstone in the West Village not far from Christopher Street, you expect a certain amount of color. In my 18 or so years here, I have endured street-fair vendors beneath my window, setting up clanking aluminum poles at 6 a.m. and hawking fried dough; parades that twinkle until the wee Read More

A Final Salute For the Fallen

By noon on Friday, Oct. 5, the

sun had finally cleared the apartment buildings facing St. Ignatius Loyola Church on Park Avenue. It was a summer sun, bright and hot, and if you were standing on the steps of the church or lingering on the sidewalk, you found yourself moving toward the street, where it was Read More