Tag: new york city
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The Mayor of Bank Street
Book Review: Growing Up Bank Street: A Greenwich Village Memoir, by Donna Florio, published by New York University Press, New York 2021. (5 out of 5 stars) This is a wonderful, well-written memoir that any lover of New York City, and specifically Greenwich Village, will enjoy. Donna Florio is an engaging tour guide who’s knowledgeable,…
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A chalk line from the Met
Book Review: Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York by Alexander Nemerov, published by Penguin Books, New York 2021. (4 out of 5 stars) This is an interesting, ambitious and mostly well-written book, which focuses on artist Helen Frankenthaler’s early career in the 1950s, when she burst on the New York scene fresh out…
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The Rockefeller’s Cultural Philanthropy
Book Review: America’s Medicis: the Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy (five out of five stars) A very interesting & well-written book. As long as you know what you’re getting into, it should be a very interesting read. It doesn’t cover the Rockefellers’ philanthropy outside of arts & culture, e.g. underwriting the University of Chicago…
Heard and Seen Around Town 