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...story co-op building was originally an American Express Shipping Warehouse, erected by McKim, Mead and White in 1890. Atop it - the crown on this regal brick building - is a roof garden, planted and maintained by one Mary Corliss (to whom I?ve been married for 32 years, but who still looks so young and lovely that someone meeting her recently said she thought Mary was my ?trophy wife?). From Memorial Day to Veterans? Day, for an hour or so each morning and for hours more on weekends, Mary nurses, nurtures and sings show tunes to flowers and trees...
...Many a summer night we would sit on the roof with friends, and as night descended we?d point out some of our favorite skyscrapers, their lights festooning them as artful as a Disneyland castle. ?Stand here and you can see both the Empire State Building and the Woolworth Building,? I would say, civic pride mingling with aesthetic awe as we indicated the world?s tallest glamorous building and its downtown elder brother, Cass Gilbert?s neo-Gothic Cathedral of Commerce. Then, sotto voce, I?d add with a dismissive wave, ?And the World Trade Center.? In our glittering family...
...they?re gone; as someone said, it?s as if the New York skyline were suddenly missing its two front teeth. Standing on our roof, we can see its absence and smell its remains. Because the towers have vanished, the light is different: late in the afternoon, the Woolworth Building gets a golden sunbath. We also have a view (that view) of Ground Zero. In the past week a huge American flag has been draped from an older building nearby...
...trekking. Walks of up to two weeks are not uncommon, but we chose a three-day jaunt through the Phobjika Valley in the center of the country. Even a short hike through fragrant, ancient forests of pine, cedar and juniper and over mountain passes offering magnificent views of the roof of the world is enough to rejuvenate the senses. Trekking also takes the visitor to the true heart of Bhutan: 85% of the people still live more than two days' walk from the nearest road. Despite this, many speak excellent English, the medium of instruction in all Bhutanese schools. Villagers...
...trucks crashed head on, starting a fire in the Gotthard Tunnel that killed at least 11 people. Thick black smoke billowed out of the 16-km tunnel as the blaze, fueled by a load of tires on one of the trucks, reached 980?C, causing part of the tunnel roof to collapse. More than 1.2 million truckers, as well as millions of holidaymakers, use the Gotthard Tunnel every year. The accident is likely to stiffen opposition to the reopening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, closed in March 1999 after a truck fire killed 39. three held for training leftist guerrillas...