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Dear Jon
by June Coleman Magrab 12/01/2005Neighborhood: World Trade Center
Dear Jon, An airplane crashes into The World Trade Center where you’ve been working for only six days. 97th floor. We are told— incinerated. A friend calls to wake me— turn on the radio. I get through to Erika and ask her how she is. It’s not me, it’s Jon. A memorial service, suicide attempts, […]
A Fun Place to Visit
by Mark E. Gabriel 12/01/2005Neighborhood: Uncategorized
Born and raised on the eastside of Detroit in the 1960’s I had grown accustomed to shopping downtown, taking the boat to BobLo Island, the downtown ethnic festivals, the Detroit Art Institute…and the derision from people outside the city. OK, the riots and the murder rate did not help the image of the city. But […]
A Boy & His Dog-Poop
by Daniel Nester 12/01/2005Neighborhood: Brooklyn, Williamsburg
It’s January 2, 1997. I head out to the corner bodega to buy coffee and a New York Times. I wear a robe and slippers. I am still hung over from New Year’s Eve. It is the time of year when the frozen ground in Williamsburg forms an admixture of leftover snow and dog turd […]