I wish I’d been around when New Yorkers went to Harlem in ermine and pearls, Fred and Ginger skated in Central Park, Ellington and Armstrong jammed on 52nd Street, and the Broadway theater had Eugene O’Neill, George S. Kaufman, and the Gershwins all at the same time. Back when New York ruled American popular culture, it was all pretty fabulous and urbane. New York (...)
May 07, 2004
Books
The Devils' Playground
The Devil's PlaygroundA Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Squareby James TraubRandom House, $24.95, 313 pp.
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