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Written by admin on October 26, 2011. Posted in Real Estate

By Marissa Maier Douglas Keister started out as a photographer, but it wasn’t until nearly a decade ago that he married his profession with two of his passions: writing and cemeteries. To Keister, who has documented both foreign and domestic resting places from Scotland and Italy to Oakland and Dixieland, cemeteries are “pure environments, [they’re]
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Muscle Memory

Written by Susan Reiter on August 29, 2011. Posted in Dance, Posts

Several choreographers and companies will commemorate 9/11 through dance
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NYU’s Community Builder

Written by admin on October 23, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

At three cultural institutions at New York University, where writers and intellectuals gather, inspiration comes in the form of a 26-year-old custodian. On paper, Daniel Fernandez’s job is simple to the point of mundane: he cleans and moves furniture for events under the auspices of Collins Building Services, Inc. Specifically, he helps maintain the Lillian
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Home Away from Home

Written by admin on October 23, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

From the lobby of an average-looking residential building near Union Square, Musa Balidemaj is living the American dream. But when he left the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro in 1986 at the age of 20, he just hoped for a better life. “I had never dreamed of coming to New York, but a lot of
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