When Europeans take one of his tours, do they seek the Harlem of today or of the Harlem...
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“I had dreams of playing basketball then going to law school and doing what Perry Mason did.”...
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The gender balance in her profession is disheartening, she says, “It has one of the smallest...
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Robin Steinberg and David Feige
They spent much of their professional lives as public defenders in the Bronx, working in an...
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Poet, theologian, host of the On Being Studios podcast Poetry Unbound, he has a favorite pencil...
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The president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is proud that it is a treasure for the entire city...
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Music offers more than aesthetic pleasure, asserts this conductor: “Music has the power to...
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Writer of “The Morning” newsletter for The New York Times and author of Ours Was the Shining...
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I’m against nose jobs for ordinary noses (like mine), but this journalist, who’s covered cosmetic...
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This former Manhattan borough historian admires the enormously accomplished, nearly forgotten,...
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As a young actor (Local Hero, Crossing Delancey, Animal House) he played Goldberg in The Birthday...
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This interior designer is celebrated for her work on low-income housing projects, but not...
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This Israeli-American architect likes buildings, of course, but it’s the spaces between buildings...
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Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
Some architects want their buildings to endure unchanged for all eternity, but these partners...
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As a kid, this mezzo soprano sang in a church choir with this implicit purpose: “To bring joy to...
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Although utopia has not arrived, racial segregation has diminished since the reopening of the...
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The International Declaration of Human Rights is a blueprint for compassionate, egalitarian,...
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This New York Times book critic has many off-the-job accomplishments: “Learning how to eat...
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This magician had mixed feelings when he figured out how a colleague performed an illusion. “It...
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Her father, Walter, was the grand master of cat photography. “Growing up,” she says, “when you...
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