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...white noise” filling the background of my youth will always be the bells of St. Matthew’s Church ringing, house sparrows chirping and the J train roaring in the near distance as it decelerates its approach toward the Woodhaven Boulevard stop. They were the audio background to the baseball games I played with my friends outside my house. Like clockwork, the train would rumble by at the same time as the bells’ 5 p.m. tolls—the two sets of noises teaming up to create a bizarre cacophony that I have never heard...
...shove ancient temple stones in your backpack, you'll be thrilled to know you can now play tomb raider without risking ugly scenes at the airport or a one-way trip to some bug-infested jail. At Artisans D'Angkor, tel: (855-63) 964097, off Siem Reap's Sivatha Boulevard, talented youngsters turn out gorgeous wood and stone replicas of famous Khmer art. A mere $500 will get you a 50-centimeter-tall Jayavarman VII head. But be warned: it's authentic sandstone. Be sure to budget for the freight charges home...
...could get used to colors other than gray.") He experimented with Impressionist brushstrokes and pointillist "stippling" - one superb gallery here pairs off Monet's Boats on the Beach, Etretat with Van Gogh's dappled Woodland Path, and the nearly identical Signac and Van Gogh views of the Boulevard de Clichy. Toulouse-Lautrec's Young Woman at a Table, Poudre de Riz, an unusual pointillist portrait in soft pinks and grays that once belonged to Theo van Gogh, makes a perfect foil for Van Gogh's Portrait of Patience Escalier - a gnarled Provençal peasant in bright blue...
...recent years to just a handful of farmers. Madame Gazel, seated at a rickety folding table, is a 32-year veteran of the market, her carefully plucked chickens stashed in blue plastic picnic coolers and her fresh eggs in a wicker basket. A few blocks away, the tree-lined boulevard called the Allées Jules Guesde hosts the big regional antiques and bric-a-brac market held on the first full weekend of every month. Dealers have to wait as long as two years to secure a regular stand here, and those on the waiting list often arrive...
...prototypes show the currently drab North Harvard Street converted into a boulevard modeled on the Champs-Elysées that would run into a much-discussed “Allston Square”—currently the site of two gas stations and a convenience store, but one day, many hope, a lively rival to Harvard Square...