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Essays and reporting from the Bowery and downtown New York. Fame, graffiti, the people the city forgets.
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- Graffiti Artists – Fame Beyond the Grave
Jackson Pollock died on August 11, 1956, drunk, less than a mile from his house in Springs, Long Island. He went off the road and flipped the car. He was… Read more: Graffiti Artists – Fame Beyond the Grave - Did J. Edgar Hoover Cover Up Marilyn Monroe’s Death?
More than six decades after Marilyn Monroe’s death, the official story still reads like a tragedy written in advance: a lonely movie star, a late-night overdose, a body discovered in… Read more: Did J. Edgar Hoover Cover Up Marilyn Monroe’s Death? - The Evolution of Fire Escapes in New York City
Every writer in this city has a relationship with fire escapes. It is not sentimental. It is practical. A fire escape is how you get to the roof. It is… Read more: The Evolution of Fire Escapes in New York City