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JUN 2007

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Local

A New Spin on an Old Tradition

by Marie Carter

Local

Coming to the rescue at a laundromat near you is the Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose reading series, which runs about once a month at various laundromats across the city.

From Brooklyn to Bourbon Street

by Eleanor Bader

Local

While there’s no such thing as a typical toddler, most say mama, dada and uh-oh when they’re testing the verbal waters. But not Eva Silverstein.

The Time? Antiquated. The View? Awesome.

by Matt Levy

Local

Once a month, approximately 30 lucky New Yorkers gather for a tour and lecture. This month we were offered access to and information on the largest and last manually wound and working clock tower left in the city.

From the Inside Out

by Sabine Heinlein

Local

As our luxury coach speeds up Interstate 87, Pablo Santos remembers sitting on a bus in shackles. There were guards, and bars on the windows, and he was not allowed to speak.

Maison d'Ordure

by Liz Maestri

Local

Make Fun benefits the subversive Williamsburg artist as much as the Park Slope mom.

The Habitat of the Human Freak

by Brian Childs

Local

On Coney Island at the corner of 12th Street and Surf Avenue, across from an empty lot and a dingy furniture store, in a building made of driftwood, held together with paint and plaster, stands America’s last sideshow, the Sideshow by the Seashore.

Visions of Coney Island

by An Xiao

Local

 

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