The street onto which I look out, is a somewhat busy street, as it takes traffic from the Holland Tunnel. Well, a wonderful thing has happened. The bike lanes have been changed and now run next to the curb. That means that parking is 6 feet out from the curb. Then a left turn lane …
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THE Library
There, on 5th Avenue, an exquisite building, blindingly white, guarded by two stone lions. The City’s main branch of the public library. Being in any library is always a special thrill and hate to admit it, but this was my first visit here. [Rather like living in Washington DC and not ever entering The Capital.] …
A Jewish Christmas
That’s what they call it in New York, when you go the movies on Christmas Day and have Chinese food afterwards. The shops and the most of the restaurants were closed [the 25th]. The streets devoid of traffic; surprisingly so. No one was on the buses either. It was a mostly shut down city, except …