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...world. If the Public Garden is the pinstripe, the Boston Common, originally set aside for cattle-grazing, is the shirtsleeves. Skateboards fly down the hill near the State House, children wade in the Frog Pond, pigeons wander where they please, and the Moonie troops hawk their religion on the sidewalk...
Despite the problems, the street is resisting change, reluctant to move away from dealing in nods and trust and credit. On a sunny spring day, small groups of Hasidim, shaded by their wide-brimmed hats, stand on the sidewalk in front of the delis, speaking Yiddish, holding diamonds up for study and striking deals. Antwerp must have had similar scenes in 1608, when there were 104 Jewish diamond cutters in the city. On 47th Street, the old ways are still the best. They always have been in the diamond business...
More often, Nin's tone is languid, dreamy; she clutters her stage with fin de siècle props and elegant clothes. Her potential lovers meet in artist's studios or Parisian sidewalk cafés. Traditional pornography gets to the point quickly, setting out the sexual ABCs with no nonsense. Nin, however, lingers over the calligraphy; she works as hard keeping her partners apart as she does bringing them together...
...summertime, Cafe Florian moves outside to the sidewalk, so you can sit back and watch the passers-by once the weather warms...
...birthday was the perfect time, of course, for John LoGiudice to get punished for chopping down a cherry tree. He found the tree growing wild, about 25 years ago, in the backyard of his house in Queens, N.Y. He transplanted it out to the front, next to the public sidewalk, and there it grew. "We always took care of it," said LoGiudice, 66, a retired milkman. "It was a beautiful tree with pretty flowers blossoming every spring and nice healthy cherries...