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Located on 89th St. in Manhattan's Upper East Side, co-ed Dalton is one of New York's most prestigious private schools. It is a training ground for the children of the city's wealthy elite. This year, tuition ranges from $14,000 for elementary school to $15,600 for the high school grades...
...Manhattan Bridge Club sits in the penthouse of the Hotel Olcott on West 72nd St. here in New York City...
...kind of sanctified anguish. He saw them from the inside. And because he was a sensualist in describing people who thought it their sad destiny to be prim, Cheever was able to create a kind of lyric poetry about the things he loved: the forced intimacy of Manhattan foot traffic, a beach house at midnight, the fidelity in a cocker spaniel's tilted glance, the tenseness in a young wife's posture, the sweet-and-sour scents of rosemary and rue, the pulse of lust beneath a Republican vest...
Against Holy Cross, it shined by contrast. The Crusader marching corps wore ugly uniforms (hats, for God sake!), played cheesy music (wasn't "Old Time Rock n' Roll" in its reportoire?) and led grossly overenthusiastic cheers throughout the game. In short, it looked like my high school band from Manhattan...
...Harlem's main thoroughfare, 125th Street, business is booming, a function of indigenous forces mostly but of Clinton's policies as well. The vacancy rate for commercial property is less than 2%, and space is renting for more than $30 per sq. ft., about the same as in midtown Manhattan, an astounding surge. New stores will soon dot the cross streets, and nearby housing units are being rehabilitated. The private investment responsible for most of this growth is following rising incomes and the return of better-off families. Perhaps most important is the anticipated designation of the area...