Oct 19, 2011

The Catcher in the Rye - Radio City



I had quite a bit of time to kill till ten o'clock, so what I did, I went to the movies at Radio City. It was probably the worst thing I could've done, but it was near, and I couldn't think of anything else. (J. D. Salinger)

Oct 3, 2011

Outliers - Court Street, downtown Brooklyn



[Maurice Janklow] got his law degree and set up practice on Court Street in downtown Brooklyn. He was an elegant man who dressed in a homburg and Brooks Brothers suits. In the summer, he wore a straw boater. (Malcolm Gladwell)

Sep 2, 2011

Dreams from My Father - Manhattan Housing Court



[Sadik] would offer me lodging again when I gave up the apartment on 109th for lack of heat, and accompany me to Housing Court when it turned out that the sublessors of my second apartment had failed to pay the rent and run off with my deposit. (Barack Obama)

Aug 5, 2011

The Three Musketeers - 25 rue Vaugirard

“Do you know where the duchesse de Chevreuse and the duke of Buckingham are now concealed?”
“No, monseigneur; my people could tell me nothing on that head.”
“But I know.”
“You, monseigneur?”
“Yes, or at least I guess. They were, one in the Rue Vaugirard, No. 25; the other in the Rue de la Harpe, No. 75.”

(Alexandre Dumas)

ED. The building numbers on rue de la Harpe end in the 40s.