Word: bronx
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...antique but resilient notion of Manhattan's glamorous otherness-of a WASP elite as tall, thin and gleaming as Deco skyscrapers, of an oasis of chic, an object of pride and envy for the white ethnics living in Brooklyn and the Bronx and Paramus and points west-has a lot to do with a 10-block patch of midtown real estate called Broadway. That's where the swells dressed up for the opening night of a Gershwin show starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The Woolworth Building, four miles down the street, was the Cathedral of Commerce; the village of legitimate...
...third grade, my class visited the Bronx Zoo; in fourth grade, we moved on to Ellis Island; freshman year of high school, we were cultured enough for the Met; and senior year, mature enough for the Holocaust Museum in New York. For a long time, New York City was just the end-point of many long school bus rides. I assumed every building was a museum or a monument, forgetting that eight million New Yorkers had to live somewhere. New Haven was the center of my universe, and New York was two hours off my radar...
...other runner on either side finished in the top thirty. Both ended the day’s race—which took place with temperatures in the mid-40s—in eighth at the Heptagonal championships, which were held this year at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. “Our finish was a disappointment for us,” fellow sophomore Sarah Bourne said. “We had hoped to do better, and, while there were some very good individual performances, others of us did not have very good races...
...giant stooping under the ceiling of his Bronx home; the boy in Central Park, his face a rictus of hostility; the man in curlers (pictured here), with an expression at once vulnerable and defiant. To call these images arresting is to understate their ability to drag you on a bleak journey through the urban aridity of the mid-20th century. But steel yourself. If there's a current exhibition in London that can be fairly described as a must-see, it's this...
...Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder of his Bronx home; the boy in Central Park, his face a rictus of hostility; the man in curlers (pictured here), with an expression at once vulnerable and defiant. To call these images arresting is to understate their ability to drag you on a bleak journey through the urban aridity of the mid-20th century...