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From Poet Linda Lerner:
Terrific photos! As Doug knows my late partner & I stayed there
after 9/11 when our apartment was contaminated, and it was
the perfect hideaway. I recall wandering around the halls looking at the art,
even decorations on some of the doors. I didn't have a camera with me,
or many of my things. At that time,
the precious owner Stanley Bard was there, and he couldn't
have been more welcoming and understanding.
When there wasn't enough room available, he let people
sleep in the lobby, on the floor, wherever.
He kept telling us not to worry about the money,
that FEMA would pay us, or someone.
We had a great big Victrorian room, with a fireplace, those huge windows,
and except for the TV, (on constantly then, of course) we could have been
somewhere way back in time.
I can't imagine what it's like now without Stanley--
I mean the place probably looks the same, I pass by there often, but
it was his presence that created the right atmosphere.
Your photos bring back some of it.
Linda
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