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Scenes from my life: Meeting Robert Redford

He was wearing a World War I US Army uniform… I was wearing a summer sweater and white jeans…  …with my Paramount Pictures ID badge 181 pinned on. The setting was a palatial room at Marble House, one of Newport’s … Continue reading

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“Cheap steel job.” A NYC building you might have heard of

There is a building that straddles a point of land between Broadway and Central Park West, with a sweeping overlook upon the 59th Street corner of Central Park, as well as the entirety of Columbus Circle. The view is so … Continue reading

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Scenes From My Life: A quiet word about loudness

I do not want anybody yelling at me. Yelling does not grab my wandering attention. Yelling does not further harden my firm convictions, nor soften the ones you’re yelling at me about. Yelling does not scare me. Yelling does not … Continue reading

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