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Tompkins Square Park When I was kid growing up on the Lower East Side in the 60s and 70s a few of my friends’ parents were more than just parents. They were notables, although we, as children, didn’t appreciate it. They were, variously—a labor organizer, literary critic, foreign editor at a major news wire service, an influential minister, and an [...]
