Working in an office next door to my second NYC apartment - thirty years later Comprehending the pre-COVID makeover of Manhattan from grunge to gleam requires a deep dive into the recent past. Nothing captures the transformation of New York City in the 21st Century better than a walk on the High Line, an elevatedContinue reading ““It’s The Cobblestone Streets That Send Me Back””
Category Archives: NYC 1980s
A Sort of Mentor
Jeff Reidel was the strangest person I’ve met in NYC, then or now, and almost 40 years later I finally realize how much he taught me Moving into 78 Washington Place, during early spring 1981, didn’t take long. My possessions consisted of two suitcases, briefcase, clock radio, electric typewriter. Apartment 3C came furnished. The metalContinue reading “A Sort of Mentor”
Truth or Dare
My first job search in New York City resulted in a surprise lie detector test Desperation inspired me to answer a generic calling-all-college-grads type of ad, for a “junior management position in retail.” Since I’d worked for two years at a record store while obtaining my useless social science degree, for the first time inContinue reading “Truth or Dare”
Mark Coleman 