Leslie Nipkow
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From Grand Central Station about Architecture, Grand Central Station, In Search of Lost Time, murals, Old New York, The Sky Ceiling, TransportationPublished on: 03/13/2011
Leslie lives in Hell's Kitchen with husband, Jeff, and Hurricane Katrina refugee: Robedeaux, the Cajun lovepuppy. She has published in O Magazine, the late, lamented New York Times City section, the New York Post, Written By, FreshYarn.com, etc. She used to write for television and has a bunch of awards to prove it.
It may be ever-present, this sense that we are teetering on the edge of apocalypse, but these days it seems the custodians of volatile and otherwise crazy behavior are on a whole new level. I won’t pretend that when I was in my 30s and running around on weekend nights with my friends that we […]
“So, when you’re not here at Barney Greengrass serving smoked fish, you’re a writer, eh? That’s interesting. Interesting. We should talk. I have a big idea. We’ve got to talk, yeah.” These weren’t the first words Dr. Jonathan Zizmor had ever spoken to me, but they marked a transition in our relationship from my simply […]
It is blazing hot at midday in Chinatown, June, 2022. The doors to the Church of the Transfiguration on Mott Street are open, so I decide to duck in to cool off. “Lord, give us eyes to see,” a young Asian priest recites the offertory prayers. The church is small with cream walls and wooden […]
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